Empire Post Media (OTCMKTS:EMPM) versus News (NASDAQ:NWSA) Head-To-Head Analysis

News (NASDAQ:NWSA) and Empire Post Media (OTCMKTS:EMPM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares News and Empire Post Media’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
News	5.18%	5.64%	3.09%
Empire Post Media	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

67.0% of News shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of News shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares News and Empire Post Media”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
News	$10.09 billion	1.65	$266.00 million	$0.86	34.22
Empire Post Media	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

News has higher revenue and earnings than Empire Post Media.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for News and Empire Post Media, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
News	0	0	6	1	3.14
Empire Post Media	0	0	0	0	0.00

News presently has a consensus target price of $39.20, suggesting a potential upside of 33.20%. Given News’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe News is more favorable than Empire Post Media.

Summary

News beats Empire Post Media on 10 of the 10 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 Empire Post Media

Empire Post Media, Inc. is an entertainment company pursuing opportunities in the television field, based on bringing cost-effective production methodology and 3D technology to established television genres. The Firm focuses on three key areas in the television industry: post-production services; 2D to 3D conversion; and the creation, development, production and marketing of 2D/3D television programming. The company was founded by Peter Dunn on October 13, 2009 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.