Dolphin Entertainment (DLPN) Competitors

Bright Scholar Education (NYSE:BEDU) and Dolphin Entertainment (NASDAQ:DLPN) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.

Does the media prefer BEDU or DLPN?

In the previous week, Dolphin Entertainment had 5 more articles in the media than Bright Scholar Education. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Dolphin Entertainment and 1 mentions for Bright Scholar Education. Bright Scholar Education's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Dolphin Entertainment's score of 0.38 indicating that Bright Scholar Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bright Scholar Education	Positive
Dolphin Entertainment	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, BEDU or DLPN?

Bright Scholar Education has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dolphin Entertainment has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BEDU or DLPN?

Dolphin Entertainment has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 385.44%. Given Dolphin Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dolphin Entertainment is more favorable than Bright Scholar Education.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bright Scholar Education	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Dolphin Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BEDU or DLPN?

Dolphin Entertainment received 20 more outperform votes than Bright Scholar Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.57% of users gave Dolphin Entertainment an outperform vote while only 60.63% of users gave Bright Scholar Education an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bright Scholar Education	Outperform Votes 211 60.63%	Underperform Votes 137 39.37%
Dolphin Entertainment	Outperform Votes 231 66.57%	Underperform Votes 116 33.43%

Is BEDU or DLPN more profitable?

Dolphin Entertainment has a net margin of -39.39% compared to Bright Scholar Education's net margin of -55.92%. Bright Scholar Education's return on equity of -0.35% beat Dolphin Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bright Scholar Education	-55.92%	-0.35%	-0.10%
Dolphin Entertainment	-39.39%	-67.30%	-19.66%

Which has better valuation and earnings, BEDU or DLPN?

Dolphin Entertainment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bright Scholar Education. Dolphin Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Scholar Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bright Scholar Education	$179.88M	0.25	-$140.52M	-$4.83	-0.31
Dolphin Entertainment	$51.39M	0.22	-$24.40M	-$2.08	-0.50

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BEDU or DLPN?

26.0% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 84.8% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Dolphin Entertainment beats Bright Scholar Education on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.