Critical Review: STUB (STUB) vs. Its Peers

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for STUB and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
STUB	2	7	5	0	2.21
STUB Competitors	1796	4400	9442	244	2.51

STUB presently has a consensus price target of $10.83, suggesting a potential upside of 76.01%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 24.86%. Given STUB’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe STUB is more favorable than its competitors.

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	8.87%	-62.58%	-3.30%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

35.6% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 31.0% of STUB shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
STUB	$1.75 billion	-$1.91 billion	-1.07
STUB Competitors	$4.89 billion	$76.31 million	12.66

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.

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.