Financial Analysis: Dolphin Entertainment (DLPN) versus Its Competitors

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dolphin Entertainment	$56.70 million	-$3.09 million	-3.21
Dolphin Entertainment Competitors	$3.00 billion	$35.12 million	7.11

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.

Volatility & Risk

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

8.9% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by company 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Dolphin Entertainment and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dolphin Entertainment	1	1	0	0	1.50
Dolphin Entertainment Competitors	2323	6911	10759	489	2.46

As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 25.70%. Given Dolphin Entertainment’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dolphin Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

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	-6.31%	-21.68%	-3.03%
Dolphin Entertainment Competitors	-18.35%	-47.57%	-4.60%

Summary

Dolphin Entertainment rivals beat Dolphin Entertainment on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Dolphin Entertainment Company Profile

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.