Comparing Dolphin Entertainment (DLPN) & Its Rivals

Dolphin Entertainment (NASDAQ:DLPN) is one of 257 public companies in the “Media” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Dolphin Entertainment to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Dolphin Entertainment and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dolphin Entertainment	$56.70 million	-$3.09 million	-3.11
Dolphin Entertainment Competitors	$2.97 billion	$35.12 million	6.40

Dolphin Entertainment’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Dolphin Entertainment. Dolphin Entertainment 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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

8.9% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dolphin Entertainment	-6.31%	-21.68%	-3.03%
Dolphin Entertainment Competitors	-19.68%	-47.70%	-4.99%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Dolphin Entertainment and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dolphin Entertainment	1	1	0	0	1.50
Dolphin Entertainment Competitors	2317	6892	10734	487	2.46

As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 23.94%. Given Dolphin Entertainment’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dolphin Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Dolphin Entertainment has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dolphin Entertainment’s competitors have a beta of 0.96, meaning that their average stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dolphin Entertainment competitors beat Dolphin Entertainment on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Dolphin Entertainment

Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent entertainment marketing and production company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Entertainment Publicity, and Marketing and Content Production. The Entertainment Publicity and Marketing segment provides diversified marketing services, including public relations, entertainment and hospitality content marketing, strategic communications, strategic marketing consulting, social media and influencer marketing, digital marketing, creative branding, talent publicity, and entertainment marketing services, as well as produces promotional video content. The Content Production segment produces and distributes feature films and digital content. In addition, it offers strategic marketing and publicity services to individuals and corporates in the entertainment, hospitality, and music industries; and marketing direction, public relations counsel, and media strategy for video game publishers, as well as eSports leagues and other entities in the gaming industry. The company was formerly known as Dolphin Digital Media, Inc. and changed its name to Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. in July 2017. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.