Publishing Industry

Publishing industry analysis: EL7 Score and the best stocks ranked by value, profitability, and momentum.

EL7 Score

78Strong

28 of 151

P/E 18.4 vs period average 19.3 Cheaper than its history

Total stocks11

Total Market Cap$61B

Median P/E18.4x

Median Net Margin6.3%

Value

Growth

Best Stocks in Publishing

Ranked among 8 stocks with a market cap above $500M. Smaller companies are excluded from the ranking.

Rank	Company	Price	Change	P/E	Fwd P/E	Value	Growth	Quality	Safety	Capital Return	EL7 Score
1/8	PSOPearson	$15.69	+0.6%	21.9	—	69	85	69	62	83	100
2/8	WLYBJohn Wiley & Sons	$48.00	-0.8%	12.9	—	85	38	77	46	75	92
3/8	NYTThe New York Times	$66.88	+0.5%	27.8	22.6	31	100	100	100	—	85
4/8	WLYJohn Wiley & Sons	$47.03	-0.4%	12.5	9.6	92	15	77	38	67	77
5/8	NWSANews	$29.44	+0.2%	28.6	—	38	54	54	85	42	69
6/8	NWSNews	$32.71	-0.2%	31.8	27.1	23	46	54	92	17	54
7/8	SCHLScholastic	$35.01	-0.7%	14.9	13.3	62	69	31	31	92	31
8/8	TDAYUSA TODAY	$6.36	+1.2%	—	29.9	77	0	23	23	33	15

Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.

ETFs with exposure to this sector

Funds that track the sector and each fund's exposure to it.

Fund	Exposure	Assets	Expense	Holdings
VOXVanguard Communication Services ETF	97.9%	$6B	0.09%	116
XLCState Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF	96.4%	$23B	0.08%	24
FDNFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund	32.3%	$5B	0.49%	41

The percentage is the sector's share of the fund's assets, per the latest available data.