Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) vs. PLBY Group (NASDAQ:PLBY) Financial Comparison

PLBY Group (NASDAQ:PLBY) and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares PLBY Group and Pool’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PLBY Group	-24.10%	N/A	-8.22%
Pool	7.77%	31.40%	11.43%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for PLBY Group and Pool, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PLBY Group	1	0	1	1	2.67
Pool	1	7	3	0	2.18

PLBY Group presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.06%. Pool has a consensus price target of $337.86, suggesting a potential upside of 40.62%. Given PLBY Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PLBY Group is more favorable than Pool.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

32.5% of PLBY Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Pool shares are held by institutional investors. 38.3% of PLBY Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are held 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 Pool”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PLBY Group	$116.14 million	1.82	-$79.40 million	($0.33)	-5.94
Pool	$5.31 billion	1.69	$434.33 million	$10.97	21.90

Pool has higher revenue and earnings than PLBY Group. PLBY Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pool, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

PLBY Group has a beta of 2.61, meaning that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pool beats PLBY Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PLBY Group

PLBY Group, Inc. operates as a pleasure and leisure company in the United States, Australia, China, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Licensing, Direct-to-Consumer, and Digital Subscriptions and Content. The company offers sexual wellness products, such as lingerie, bedroom accessories, intimacy products, 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, the company business covers the subscription sale of playboyplus.com and playboy.tv, which are online content platforms. It offers its products under its flagship brand Playboy. PLBY Group, Inc. is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

About Pool

Pool Corporation distributes swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products in the United States and internationally. The company offers maintenance products, including chemicals, supplies, and pool accessories; repair and replacement parts for pool equipment, such as cleaners, filters, heaters, pumps, and lights; and building materials, such as concrete, plumbing and electrical components, functional and decorative pool surfaces, decking materials, tiles, hardscapes, and natural stones for pool installations and remodeling. It also provides pool equipment and components for new pool construction and the remodeling of existing pools; irrigation and related products, such as irrigation system components, and professional turf care equipment and supplies; commercial products, including heaters, safety equipment, commercial decking equipment, and commercial pumps and filters. In addition, the company offers fiberglass pools, and hot tubs and packaged pool kits comprising walls, liners, braces, and coping for in-ground and above-ground pools; and other pool construction and recreational products comprising discretionary recreational and related outdoor living products, such as grills and components for outdoor kitchens. It serves swimming pool remodelers and builders; specialty retailers that sell swimming pool supplies; swimming pool repair and service businesses; irrigation construction and landscape maintenance contractors; and commercial pool operators and pool contractors. Pool Corporation was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Covington, Louisiana.