Wolters Kluwer (OTCMKTS:WTKWY – Get Free Report) and WEBTOON Entertainment (NASDAQ:WBTN – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Wolters Kluwer and WEBTOON Entertainment, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Wolters Kluwer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
WEBTOON Entertainment | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.67 |
WEBTOON Entertainment has a consensus target price of $17.17, suggesting a potential upside of 112.20%. Given WEBTOON Entertainment’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WEBTOON Entertainment is more favorable than Wolters Kluwer.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Profitability
This table compares Wolters Kluwer and WEBTOON Entertainment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Wolters Kluwer | N/A | N/A | N/A |
WEBTOON Entertainment | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Wolters Kluwer and WEBTOON Entertainment”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Wolters Kluwer | $6.04 billion | 6.98 | $1.09 billion | N/A | N/A |
WEBTOON Entertainment | $1.35 billion | 0.77 | -$116.46 million | $0.46 | 17.59 |
Wolters Kluwer has higher revenue and earnings than WEBTOON Entertainment.
Summary
Wolters Kluwer beats WEBTOON Entertainment on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Wolters Kluwer
Wolters Kluwer N.V. provides professional information, software solutions, and services in the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through Health; Tax & Accounting; Financial & Corporate Compliance; Legal & Regulatory; and Corporate Performance & ESG segments. The Health segment offers clinical technology and evidence-based solutions that drive effective decision-making and improved outcomes across healthcare. It serves hospitals, healthcare organizations, clinicians, students, schools, libraries, payers, life sciences, and pharmacies. The Tax & Accounting segment offers solutions that help tax, accounting, and audit professionals to drive productivity, navigate change, and deliver better outcomes. It serves accounting firms, tax and auditing departments, businesses of all sizes, government agencies, libraries, and universities. The Financial & Corporate Compliance segment offers solutions for legal entity compliance and banking product compliance. It serves corporations, small businesses, law firms, banks, non-bank lenders, credit unions, insurers, and securities firms. The Legal & Regulatory segment provides information, insights, and workflow solutions for changing regulatory obligations, managing risk, and increasing efficiency. It provides solutions for legal and compliance professionals in law firms, corporate legal departments, universities, and government organizations. The Corporate Performance & ESG segment offers enterprise software to drive financial and sustainability performance and manage risks, meet reporting requirements, improve safety and productivity, and reduce environmental impact. It serves corporate finance, audit, planning, risk, environmental, health and safety, operational risk management, and sustainability professionals in corporations, banks, and governments. Wolters Kluwer N.V. was founded in 1836 and is based in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.
About WEBTOON Entertainment
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. operates a storytelling platform worldwide. The company’s platform allows a community of creators and users to discover, create, and share new content. Its platform offers stories primarily in two ways, including web-comics, a graphical comic-like medium; and web-novels, which are text-based stories. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of NAVER Corporation.
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