News (NASDAQ:NWS – Get Free Report) and Izea Worldwide (NASDAQ:IZEA – Get Free Report) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and risk.
Risk and Volatility
News has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Izea Worldwide has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares News and Izea Worldwide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| News | 6.35% | 7.09% | 4.27% |
| Izea Worldwide | -9.36% | -5.10% | -4.41% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
14.6% of News shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Izea Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of News shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Izea Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares News and Izea Worldwide”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| News | $9.03 billion | 1.97 | $573.00 million | $1.03 | 31.94 |
| Izea Worldwide | $31.24 million | 1.30 | $40,000.00 | ($0.14) | -16.71 |
News has higher revenue and earnings than Izea Worldwide. Izea Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than News, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for News and Izea Worldwide, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| News | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Izea Worldwide | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Summary
News beats Izea Worldwide on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About News
News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses worldwide. It operates through six segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The company distributes content and data products, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones Energy through various media channels, such as newspapers, newswires, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts. It also owns and operates Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weekly, and bi-weekly newspapers comprising The Australian, The Weekend Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, The Advertiser, Sunday Mail, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, The Times, The Sunday Times, and New York Post, as well as digital mastheads and other websites. In addition, the company publishes general fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and religious books; provides sports, entertainment, and news services to pay-TV and streaming subscribers, and other commercial licensees through satellite and internet distribution; and broadcasts rights to live sporting events. Further, it offers property and property-related advertising and services on its websites and mobile applications; digital real estate services; and financial services. News Corporation was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Izea Worldwide
IZEA Worldwide, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers software and professional services to connect brands and content creators in North America, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers IZEA Flex, its flagship platform for managing enterprise influencer marketing; and comprehensive expense management service to track and manage off-platform expenses related to influencer marketing campaigns. It also operates The Creator Marketplace on IZEA.com that provides creators tools to present their work to marketers. In addition, the company provides management of content workflow, creator search and targeting, bidding, analytics, and payment processing services. It primarily sells influencer marketing and custom content campaigns through client development team and platforms. The company was formerly known as IZEA, Inc. and changed its name to IZEA Worldwide, Inc. in August 2018. IZEA Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
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