PLBY Group (PLBY) and Its Rivals Financial Review

PLBY Group (NASDAQ:PLBY) is one of 27 public companies in the “Miscellaneous retail” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare PLBY Group to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for PLBY Group and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PLBY Group	0	3	2	0	2.40
PLBY Group Competitors	120	531	449	6	2.31

PLBY Group currently has a consensus target price of $2.67, suggesting a potential upside of 149.22%. As a group, “Miscellaneous retail” companies have a potential upside of 1.29%. Given PLBY Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PLBY Group is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares PLBY Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PLBY Group	-119.60%	-93.57%	-19.31%
PLBY Group Competitors	-26.30%	-37.99%	-10.70%

Volatility & Risk

PLBY Group has a beta of 2.53, meaning that its stock price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PLBY Group’s rivals have a beta of 1.15, meaning that their average stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

32.5% of PLBY Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of shares of all “Miscellaneous retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of PLBY Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of shares of all “Miscellaneous retail” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares PLBY Group and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PLBY Group	$142.95 million	-$180.42 million	-0.41
PLBY Group Competitors	$1.93 billion	$34.75 million	8.54

PLBY Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than PLBY Group. PLBY Group 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.

Summary

PLBY Group rivals beat PLBY Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

PLBY Group Company Profile

PLBY Group, Inc. operates as a pleasure and leisure company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Licensing, Direct-to-Consumer, and Digital Subscriptions and Content. It offers sexual wellness products, such as lingerie, intimates, and other adult products; style and apparel products for men and women; digital entertainment and lifestyle products; and beauty and grooming products for men and women, such as skincare, haircare, bath and body, grooming, cosmetics, and fragrance. It also owns and operates digital commerce retail platforms, such as Playboy.com, HoneyBirdette.com, Yandy.com, and LoversStores.com; and Honey Birdette and Lovers retail stores. In addition, the company licenses Playboy name, Rabbit Head Design, and other trademarks and related properties; and programming content to cable television operators and direct-to-home satellite television operators. Further, its business covers the subscription sale of PlayboyPlus.com and Playboy.tv, which are online content platforms. The company offers its products under its flagship brand Playboy. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.