Best Publishing Stocks in Communication Services for 2026
Top-ranked Publishing stocks within the Communication Services sector. News, professional, and education publishers, plus the data-and-analytics businesses that grew from them, are mid-transition from print to digital subscription revenue.
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 in Communication Services by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 601811.SHG | Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co Ltd | 80.1 |
| 2 | 000719.SHE | Central China Land Media Co Ltd | 74.0 |
| 3 | 601900.SHG | Southern Publishing&Media Co | 72.4 |
| 4 | 100220.KO | Visang Educati | 68.3 |
| 5 | 601921.SHG | Zhejiang Publishing & Media Co Ltd | 67.8 |
| 6 | 601098.SHG | China South Publishing & Media Group Co Ltd | 67.1 |
| 7 | 600551.SHG | Time Publishing and Media Co Ltd Class A | 65.1 |
| 8 | 600757.SHG | Changjiang Publishing & Media Co Ltd | 64.2 |
| 9 | LBG.LSE | LBG Media PLC | 62.1 |
| 10 | SNWS.LSE | Smiths News PLC | 61.9 |
| 11 | 601928.SHG | Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media Corp Ltd | 61.9 |
| 12 | 0811.HK | Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co Ltd | 61.7 |
| 13 | 601019.SHG | Shandong Publishing & Media | 61.6 |
| 14 | 300788.SHE | Citic Press Corp | 61.5 |
| 15 | HMVL.NSE | Hindustan Media Ventures Limited | 61.1 |
| 16 | Y.TO | Yellow Pages Limited | 59.6 |
| 17 | CAT.JSE | Caxton | 58.4 |
| 18 | 601858.SHG | China Science Publishing & Media Ltd | 58.1 |
| 19 | PRS.MC | Promotora de Informaciones SA | 57.8 |
| 20 | BMY.LSE | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 57.6 |
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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 under Communication Services. Use the screener for the full ranked list.