Best Dividend Stocks in Publishing for 2026
Reliable dividend payers with sustainable yields, screened on payout ratio and balance-sheet health.
Publishing (news, professional and education publishers, and the data-and-analytics cohort that grew out of legacy publishing assets) is in a long transition from print to digital subscription revenue. Composite scoring uses the Quality pillar (operating-margin durability) and the Growth pillar (digital revenue mix).
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Publishing stocks by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 095720.KO | Woongjin Thinkbig Co Ltd | 39.0 |
| 2 | SNWS.LSE | Smiths News PLC | 62.9 |
| 3 | 0811.HK | Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co Ltd | 63.7 |
| 4 | 601928.SHG | Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media Corp Ltd | 63.5 |
| 5 | 000719.SHE | Central China Land Media Co Ltd | 71.7 |
| 6 | 600757.SHG | Changjiang Publishing & Media Co Ltd | 70.3 |
| 7 | 601019.SHG | Shandong Publishing & Media | 68.0 |
| 8 | 601098.SHG | China South Publishing & Media Group Co Ltd | 74.1 |
| 9 | 601900.SHG | Southern Publishing&Media Co | 67.0 |
| 10 | SPG.XETRA | Springer Nature AG & Co KGaA | 55.7 |
| 11 | 601921.SHG | Zhejiang Publishing & Media Co Ltd | 64.0 |
| 12 | 600551.SHG | Time Publishing and Media Co Ltd Class A | 64.3 |
| 13 | 603096.SHG | Thinkingdom Media Group Ltd | 51.9 |
| 14 | FUTR.LSE | Future PLC | 54.1 |
| 15 | 100220.KO | Visang Educati | 71.3 |
| 16 | 0018.HK | Oriental Press Group Ltd | 45.3 |
| 17 | J2WA34.SA | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 51.8 |
| 18 | WLY.US | John Wiley & Sons | 52.8 |
| 19 | 068290.KO | Samsung Publis | 40.2 |
| 20 | BMY.LSE | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 57.2 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score within the Publishing industry; use the screener for the full ranked list.