Zovio (ZVO) Competitors

Dolphin Entertainment (NASDAQ:DLPN) and Zovio (NYSE:ZVO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate DLPN or ZVO?

Dolphin Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 367.29%. Given Dolphin Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dolphin Entertainment is more favorable than Zovio.

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

Which has more risk & volatility, DLPN or ZVO?

Dolphin Entertainment has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zovio has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DLPN or ZVO more profitable?

Zovio has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Dolphin Entertainment's net margin of -39.39%. Zovio's return on equity of 0.00% beat Dolphin Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dolphin Entertainment	-39.39%	-67.30%	-19.66%
Zovio	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor DLPN or ZVO?

In the previous week, Dolphin Entertainment had 2 more articles in the media than Zovio. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Dolphin Entertainment and 1 mentions for Zovio. Dolphin Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Zovio's score of 0.00 indicating that Dolphin Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dolphin Entertainment	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Zovio	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DLPN or ZVO?

Dolphin Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Zovio. Dolphin Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zovio, 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
Dolphin Entertainment	$51.39M	0.23	-$24.40M	-$2.08	-0.51
Zovio	$230.00M	0.00	-$42.09M	-$1.23	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DLPN or ZVO?

8.9% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.3% of Zovio shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Zovio shares are held by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DLPN or ZVO?

Dolphin Entertainment received 231 more outperform votes than Zovio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.57% of users gave Dolphin Entertainment an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Zovio an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dolphin Entertainment	Outperform Votes 231 66.57%	Underperform Votes 116 33.43%
Zovio	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 93 100.00%

Summary

Dolphin Entertainment beats Zovio on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.