NWSA vs JLL vs DJCO Stock Comparison

News, Jones Lang Lasalle and Daily Journal Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NWSA News Corp
$30.74 +9.3% 1M +16.4% 1Y
Market cap
$17.01B
P/E
29.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.03B
Div. yield
–
Publishing Communication Services
3 wins
JLL Jones Lang Lasalle Inc
$300.19 -7.3% 1M -5.1% 1Y
Market cap
$13.88B
P/E
13.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.43B
Div. yield
–
Commercial Real Estate Services Real Estate
3 wins
DJCO Daily Journal Corp
$592.84 -10.1% 1M +42.6% 1Y
Market cap
$837.37M
P/E
22.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$98.33M
Div. yield
–
Publishing Communication Services
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Daily Journal leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Daily Journal 5, News 3, Jones Lang Lasalle 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNWSAJLLDJCOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $17.01B $13.88B $837.37M NWSA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.7x 13.9x 22.2x JLL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 24.6x 12.5x — JLL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.8% +11.2% +24.2% DJCO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.3% 3.6% 38.3% DJCO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.6% 10.6% 3.0% JLL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 0.9x — NWSA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.4% -5.1% +42.6% DJCO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +5.0%/yr +2.7%/yr +11.5%/yr DJCO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.2% 36.0% 47.1% NWSA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 70/100 71/100 DJCO

Percentile Scorecard

NWSAJLLDJCO

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

AxisNWSAJLLDJCO
Valuation 57 #24 of 54 94 #2 of 18 21 #43 of 54
Growth 93 #4 of 45 87 #3 of 16 80 #10 of 45
Profitability 79 #10 of 43 87 #3 of 16 83 #8 of 43
Financial Health 87 #9 of 62 56 #8 of 17 98 #2 of 62
Shareholder Returns 32 #18 of 26 29 #6 of 8 –
Overall 69 70 71
  • NWSA ranked among 63 companies in Advertising and Media
  • JLL ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services
  • DJCO ranked among 63 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNWSAJLLDJCOSPY
1 month +9.3%-7.3%-10.1% -1.0%
3 months +14.9%-7.7%+3.1% +2.9%
6 months +17.3%-11.3%+11.3% +6.4%
Year to date +17.7%-10.8%+21.7% +11.4%
1 year +16.4%-5.1%+42.6% +13.1%
3 years +43.2%+140.1%+95.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year +12.7%+33.9%+25.1% +21.5%
5 years +27.7%+14.1%+72.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year +5.0%+2.7%+11.5% +10.9%
10 years +129.2%+194.1%+183.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year +8.7%+11.4%+11.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureNWSAJLLDJCOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.2%36.0%47.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.6%37.8%51.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.190.950.81 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.63-0.140.90 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.7%-55.5%-40.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.4%-23.6%-12.4% -2.5%
52-week high $31.19$392.79$677.05 $779.14
52-week low $22.40$280.16$374.53 $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.

MultipleNWSAJLLDJCO
P/E now vs peer median 29.9xmedian 18.8x 13.9xmedian 20.5x 21.7xmedian 18.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 0.7x 0.5xmedian 0.7x 8.3xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.1xmedian 11.1x 9.4xmedian 9.9x —median 11.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.1xmedian 9.4x 12.3xmedian 12.3x —median 9.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.6x 1.8xmedian 1.8x 2.4xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.51median 0.44 0.28median 0.50 48.05median 0.44

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 monthsNWSAJLLDJCO
Revenue $9.03B $27.43B $98.33M
Gross profit – – $97.73M
Operating income – $1.28B $13.57M
Net income $743.00M $997.90M $37.71M
Free cash flow $811.00M $1.12B –
EPS (diluted) $1.03 $21.29 $27.37
Cash & equivalents $2.10B $458.20M $31.13M
Total debt $1.99B $8.26B $3.70M
Shares (diluted) 558.40M 46.93M 1.38M
Enterprise value $8.49B $11.96B -$1.07B

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
MetricNWSAJLLDJCO
P/E 29.9x 13.9x 21.7x
P/FCF 21.1x 12.3x –
P/Operating cash flow 13.8x 10.1x –
P/S 1.9x 0.5x 8.3x
P/B 1.9x 1.8x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 2.3x 2.0x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 11.1x 9.4x –
EV/EBIT 16.3x 12.0x 28.0x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 0.6x 3.9x
EV/FCF 21.0x 13.6x –
EV/Operating cash flow 13.7x 11.2x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.51 0.28 48.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNWSAJLLDJCO
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.8% 11.2% 24.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.1% 10.1% 15.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 24.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 15.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 38.9% 103.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 26.9% 25.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -44.6% 76.7% -61.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 58.4% 47.6% 0.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -50.4% 82.5% -61.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 58.6% 49.4% 0.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 26.5% 80.6% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.8% 73.7% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 42.0% 99.7% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 23.6% 176.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNWSAJLLDJCO
Gross margin – – 99.4%
EBITDA margin 17.0% 5.9% –
Operating margin – 4.7% 13.8%
Pretax margin 11.6% 4.5% 48.7%
Net margin 6.3% 3.6% 38.3%
FCF margin 9.0% 4.1% –
Operating cash flow margin 13.7% 5.0% –
Return on equity 8.0% 13.3% 10.5%
Return on assets 4.8% 5.6% 7.5%
Return on invested capital 6.6% 10.6% 3.0%
Return on capital employed 8.2% 11.9% 2.9%
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.6x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 1.4x –
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNWSAJLLDJCO
Debt / assets 12.8% 11.0% 0.2%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.3x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x 0.9x –
Debt / FCF 2.5x 1.7x –
Liabilities / assets 40.6% 56.5% 28.4%
Equity / assets 59.4% 43.5% 71.6%
Interest coverage – – 12.1x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.1x 11.6x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.4x 11.4x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.1x 11.0x
Altman Z-score 2.53 3.31 6.03

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNWSAJLLDJCO
Dividend yield 0.7% – –
Net buyback yield 3.7% 4.1% –
Shareholder yield 4.4% 4.1% –
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.

ConsensusNWSAJLLDJCO
Forward P/E 24.6xFY2027 12.5xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.25FY2027 $24.04FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +5.9%FY2027 +27.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +30.4% +10.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $9.16BFY2027 $30.90BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +1.4%FY2027 +18.3%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +4.1% +3.5% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNWSAJLLDJCO
Held by institutions 100.0% 93.2% 78.1%
Institutions holding 636 661 132
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.3% +0.2% -2.1%
Institutions buying 344 317 65
Institutions selling 189 264 35
Buyers to sellers 1.82 1.20 1.86

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.

NWSAJLLDJCO
NWSA 1.00 0.39 0.14
JLL 0.39 1.00 0.26
DJCO 0.14 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NWSA, JLL and DJCO?

News (NWSA) is the largest by market capitalisation: News (NWSA) $17.01B, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) $13.88B, Daily Journal (DJCO) $837.37M.

Which stock is cheaper, NWSA, JLL and DJCO?

Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (News (NWSA) 29.7x, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 13.9x, Daily Journal (DJCO) 22.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) is cheapest (News (NWSA) 24.6x, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 12.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Daily Journal (DJCO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: News (NWSA) +6.8%, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) +11.2%, Daily Journal (DJCO) +24.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Daily Journal (DJCO) has the highest net margin (News (NWSA) 6.3%, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 3.6%, Daily Journal (DJCO) 38.3%). On return on invested capital, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) leads (News (NWSA) 6.6%, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 10.6%, Daily Journal (DJCO) 3.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Daily Journal (DJCO) returned the most: News (NWSA) +16.4%, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) -5.1%, Daily Journal (DJCO) +42.6%. Over five years, Daily Journal (DJCO) compounded fastest (News (NWSA) +5.0%/yr, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) +2.7%/yr, Daily Journal (DJCO) +11.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, News (NWSA) has been the steadiest (News (NWSA) 26.2%, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 36.0%, Daily Journal (DJCO) 47.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Daily Journal (DJCO) 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.