Dolphin Entertainment (DLPN) & Its Competitors Critical Review

Dolphin Entertainment (NASDAQ:DLPN – Get Rating) is one of 63 publicly-traded companies in the “Personal services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Dolphin Entertainment to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Dolphin Entertainment has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dolphin Entertainment’s rivals have a beta of 1.22, meaning that their average stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Dolphin Entertainment and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dolphin Entertainment	$35.73 million	-$6.46 million	-4.35
Dolphin Entertainment Competitors	$686.58 million	$58.98 million	21.59

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dolphin Entertainment	-18.09%	-11.61%	-4.98%
Dolphin Entertainment Competitors	-23.05%	-71.84%	-3.40%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

12.2% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of shares of all “Personal services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.2% of shares of all “Personal services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dolphin Entertainment	0	0	1	0	3.00
Dolphin Entertainment Competitors	269	1014	1539	81	2.49

Dolphin Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 196.30%. As a group, “Personal services” companies have a potential upside of 25.53%. Given Dolphin Entertainment’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Dolphin Entertainment is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

Dolphin Entertainment rivals beat Dolphin Entertainment on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Dolphin Entertainment (Get Rating)

Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent entertainment marketing and premium content development company in the United States. It operates in two segments, Entertainment Publicity and Marketing; and Content Production. The Entertainment Publicity and Marketing segment offers public relations, entertainment content marketing, strategic communications, social media and 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. The company was formerly known as Dolphin Digital Media, Inc. and changed its name to Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. in July 2017. Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.