Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. VSNT scored 64.8, WLY scored 54.3 — VSNT leads.
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Different reporting periods. WLY's fundamentals are as of July 2026, but VSNT's are as of December 2025 — a 7-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
VSNT
Versant Media Group, Inc.
Entertainment · Quality-Growth
64.8
$30.64 · $4.3B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
10.5
VSNT leads
WLY
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publishing · Quality-Growth
54.3
$49.64 · $2.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestVSNT5.8x
Fastest growthWLY-0.3%
Strongest balance sheetVSNT0.39
Highest qualityVSNT76 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueVSNT-81%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
VSNT
stronger →← stronger
WLY
76
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
67
41
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
36
87
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
66
VSNT is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
VSNT
WLY
$1.9bC+
FCF
$240mC
-5.3%D
Rev
-0.3%D+
0.39B+
D/E
1.73C
5.8xA
P/E
13.4xB+
0.64A-
PEG
13.05D
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
VSNT
WLY
81% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
37% below
decline
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-9%/yr
+490%
1-yr DCF upside
+68%
+426%
5-yr DCF upside
+60%
+348%
10-yr DCF upside
+48%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
VSNT
Why this score
Short track record
WLY
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
VSNTVersant Media Group, Inc.
Entertainment · $30.64
Why now
Entertainment · market cap $4.3b. Down 48% from 52-week high of $59.00 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue -5% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. PEG 0.64 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 7 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $44.57 (implying +45% upside).
Moat
Net margin 14% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 199% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Revenue contracting -5% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Down 48% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
WLYJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publishing · $49.64 · beta 0.75
Why now
Publishing · market cap $2.5b. 14% off the 52-week high of $57.45.
Moat
ROE 25% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 121% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where VSNT and WLY diverge
On the headline score the gap is 10.5 points in favor of VSNT. The widest single difference is Value, where VSNT leads by 21.5 points.
ValueVSNT 87.5 · WLY 66.0VSNT +21.5
QualityVSNT 76.4 · WLY 67.4VSNT +9.0
GrowthVSNT 40.8 · WLY 36.1VSNT +4.7
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is VSNT or WLY the better stock?
VSNT scores higher: VSNT 64.8, WLY 54.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do VSNT and WLY differ most?
The widest gap is value, where VSNT leads by 22 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. VSNT leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are VSNT and WLY scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.