DJCO vs NWSA vs SMRT Stock Comparison

Daily Journal, News and SmartRent Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DJCO Daily Journal Corp
$640.11 +1.7% 1M +57.6% 1Y
Market cap
$881.91M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$97.65M
Div. yield
–
Publishing Communication Services
4 wins
NWSA News Corp
$26.48 -7.3% 1M +3.3% 1Y
Market cap
$14.74B
P/E
25.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.03B
Div. yield
0.76%
Publishing Communication Services
5 wins
SMRT SmartRent, Inc.
$1.60 +32.2% 1M +14.3% 1Y
Market cap
$303.71M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$156.57M
Div. yield
–
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Head to Head

9 decided of 12

News leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (News 5, Daily Journal 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDJCONWSASMRTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $881.91M $14.74B $303.71M NWSA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -77.7x 25.7x -17.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 21.2x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +23.4% +6.8% +3.5% DJCO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -11.6% 6.3% -11.0% NWSA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.5% 6.6% — NWSA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -32.3x -0.1x — DJCO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.76% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +57.6% +3.3% +14.3% DJCO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +12.2%/yr +1.7%/yr -34.8%/yr DJCO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.8% 30.1% 61.8% NWSA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 62/100 68/100 57/100 NWSA

Percentile Scorecard

DJCONWSASMRT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDJCONWSASMRT
Valuation 25 #40 of 53 64 #20 of 53 49 #46 of 89
Growth 67 #15 of 44 86 #7 of 44 89 #10 of 82
Profitability 57 #19 of 43 74 #12 of 43 35 #51 of 78
Financial Health 98 #2 of 61 85 #10 of 61 68 #31 of 95
Shareholder Returns – 32 #20 of 29 46 #30 of 55
Overall 62 68 57
  • DJCO ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media
  • NWSA ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media
  • SMRT ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDJCONWSASMRTSPY
1 month +1.7%-7.3%+32.2% -5.9%
3 months +11.0%-10.8%+16.8% -4.6%
6 months +30.0%-2.1%+40.4% +0.2%
Year to date +31.4%+1.4%-20.8% +7.5%
1 year +57.6%+3.3%+14.3% +8.2%
3 years +119.9%+22.3%-38.2% +68.3%
3 years, per year +30.1%+6.9%-14.8% +19.0%
5 years +77.8%+8.7%-88.2% +56.5%
5 years, per year +12.2%+1.7%-34.8% +9.4%
10 years +206.1%+122.7%— +251.5%
10 years, per year +11.8%+8.3%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureDJCONWSASMRTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.8%30.1%61.8% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.4%34.9%56.4% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.850.541.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.290.110.23 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -40.5%-37.8%-94.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.5%-15.1%-24.5% -5.9%
52-week high $677.05$31.19$2.12 $779.14
52-week low $382.57$22.40$0.95 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDJCONWSASMRT
P/E now vs peer median -77.7xmedian 14.0x 25.7xmedian 14.0x -17.7xmedian 42.4x
P/S now vs peer median 9.0xmedian 0.5x 1.6xmedian 0.5x 1.9xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 32.9xmedian 9.6x 9.6xmedian 9.6x -18.9xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 51.0xmedian 8.0x 18.2xmedian 8.0x 79.6xmedian 21.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 1.6x 1.6xmedian 1.6x 1.4xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median 2.42median 0.40 0.44median 0.40 -0.59median 1.51

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDJCONWSASMRT
Revenue $97.65M $9.03B $156.57M
Gross profit $97.04M – $62.52M
Operating income $13.33M – -$20.34M
Net income -$11.36M $743.00M -$17.25M
Free cash flow $17.29M $811.00M $3.82M
R&D – – $22.56M
EPS (diluted) $-8.24 $1.03 $-0.09
Cash & equivalents $31.13M $2.10B $89.22M
Total debt $830.00K $1.99B –
Shares (diluted) 1.38M 558.40M 190.92M
Enterprise value -$1.02B $6.93B -$81.54M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDJCONWSASMRT
P/E -77.7x 25.7x -17.7x
P/FCF 51.0x 18.2x 79.6x
P/Operating cash flow 50.5x 11.9x 70.6x
P/S 9.0x 1.6x 1.9x
P/B 2.6x 1.6x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 2.0x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 32.9x 9.6x -18.9x
EV/EBIT 33.4x 14.0x -10.5x
EV/Revenue 4.6x 1.6x 1.4x
EV/FCF 25.8x 18.0x 56.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.5x 11.8x 49.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.42 0.44 -0.59

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDJCONWSASMRT
Revenue growth (1Y) 23.4% 6.8% 3.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.7% 4.1% -10.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 23.6% – 36.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.0% – 19.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 100.4% – 72.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 24.6% – 30.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -111.7% -44.6% 74.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -32.1% 58.4% 31.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -111.7% -50.4% 75.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -32.1% 58.6% 29.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 46.2% 26.5% 110.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.2% 16.8% 187.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 45.4% 42.0% 108.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.2% 23.6% 159.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDJCONWSASMRT
Gross margin 99.4% – 39.9%
EBITDA margin 13.9% 17.0% -7.3%
Operating margin 13.7% – -13.0%
Pretax margin -17.8% 11.6% -11.3%
Net margin -11.6% 6.3% -11.0%
FCF margin 17.7% 9.0% 2.4%
Operating cash flow margin 17.9% 13.7% 2.7%
Return on equity -3.3% 8.0% -7.7%
Return on assets -2.4% 4.8% -5.9%
Return on invested capital 2.5% 6.6% –
Return on capital employed 3.1% 8.2% -8.2%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.5x 1.7x -0.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% – 7.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDJCONWSASMRT
Debt / assets 0.2% 12.8% –
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA -32.3x -0.1x –
Debt / FCF 0.0x 2.5x –
Liabilities / assets 28.4% 40.6% 23.8%
Equity / assets 71.6% 59.4% 76.2%
Interest coverage 13.4x – -54.5x
Current ratio 11.6x 1.6x 3.5x
Quick ratio 11.4x 1.4x 2.8x
Cash ratio 11.0x 0.8x 2.1x
Altman Z-score 6.32 2.31 1.32

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDJCONWSASMRT
Dividend yield – 0.8% –
Net buyback yield – 4.3% 0.8%
Shareholder yield – 5.1% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDJCONWSASMRT
Forward P/E – 21.2xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year – $1.25FY2027 $-0.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +5.9%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after – +30.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year – $9.17BFY2027 $154.91MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +1.5%FY2027 +13.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +3.9% +28.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDJCONWSASMRT
Held by institutions 78.1% 67.8% 64.9%
Institutions holding 132 637 130
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.1% -3.3% +3.0%
Institutions buying 65 343 72
Institutions selling 35 189 33
Buyers to sellers 1.86 1.81 2.18

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DJCONWSASMRT
DJCO 1.00 0.19 0.19
NWSA 0.19 1.00 0.05
SMRT 0.19 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DJCO, NWSA and SMRT?

News (NWSA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Daily Journal (DJCO) $881.91M, News (NWSA) $14.74B, SmartRent (SMRT) $303.71M.

Which company is growing faster?

Daily Journal (DJCO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Daily Journal (DJCO) +23.4%, News (NWSA) +6.8%, SmartRent (SMRT) +3.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

News (NWSA) has the highest net margin (Daily Journal (DJCO) -11.6%, News (NWSA) 6.3%, SmartRent (SMRT) -11.0%). On return on invested capital, News (NWSA) leads (Daily Journal (DJCO) 2.5%, News (NWSA) 6.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Daily Journal (DJCO) returned the most: Daily Journal (DJCO) +57.6%, News (NWSA) +3.3%, SmartRent (SMRT) +14.3%. Over five years, Daily Journal (DJCO) compounded fastest (Daily Journal (DJCO) +12.2%/yr, News (NWSA) +1.7%/yr, SmartRent (SMRT) -34.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: News (NWSA) 0.76%. Daily Journal (DJCO) and SmartRent (SMRT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, News (NWSA) has been the steadiest (Daily Journal (DJCO) 44.8%, News (NWSA) 30.1%, SmartRent (SMRT) 61.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DJCO, NWSA and SMRT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, News (NWSA) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.