Critical Survey: STUB (STUB) and The Competition

STUB (NYSE:STUB) is one of 186 publicly-traded companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare STUB to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares STUB and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
STUB	$1.75 billion	-$1.91 billion	-1.15
STUB Competitors	$4.14 billion	$76.31 million	12.57

STUB’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than STUB. STUB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares STUB and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STUB	-93.54%	-9.50%	-2.67%
STUB Competitors	8.93%	-62.41%	-3.30%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

35.5% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by institutional investors. 31.0% of STUB shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for STUB and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
STUB	2	7	5	0	2.21
STUB Competitors	1799	4404	9445	244	2.51

STUB presently has a consensus target price of $10.83, suggesting a potential upside of 63.89%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 24.69%. Given STUB’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe STUB is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

STUB competitors beat STUB on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

About STUB

Stubhub Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides an online marketplace to buy and sell tickets for sports, concerts, theater, festivals and other live events. Stubhub Holdings Inc. is based in NEW YORK.