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Aspen Group (ASPU) Competitors

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$0.11 +0.00 (+3.81%)
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ASPU vs. DLPN, VERB, GV, EJH, JZ, PET, EEIQ, JDZG, WAFU, and GSUN

Should you be buying Aspen Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aspen Group include Dolphin Entertainment (DLPN), Verb Technology (VERB), Visionary (GV), E-Home Household Service (EJH), Jianzhi Education Technology Group (JZ), Wag! Group (PET), EpicQuest Education Group International (EEIQ), JIADE (JDZG), Wah Fu Education Group (WAFU), and Golden Sun Health Technology Group (GSUN). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Aspen Group vs. Its Competitors

Aspen Group (NASDAQ:ASPU) and Dolphin Entertainment (NASDAQ:DLPN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Aspen Group has a net margin of -34.13% compared to Dolphin Entertainment's net margin of -39.39%. Aspen Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Dolphin Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aspen Group-34.13% N/A N/A
Dolphin Entertainment -39.39%-67.30%-19.66%

Dolphin Entertainment has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 346.43%. Given Dolphin Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dolphin Entertainment is more favorable than Aspen Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aspen Group
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

In the previous week, Dolphin Entertainment had 5 more articles in the media than Aspen Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Dolphin Entertainment and 1 mentions for Aspen Group. Aspen Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Dolphin Entertainment's score of 0.49 indicating that Aspen Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aspen Group Positive
Dolphin Entertainment Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aspen Group$74.29M0.04-$13.58M-$0.50-0.23
Dolphin Entertainment$48.62M0.26-$24.40M-$1.32-0.85

Dolphin Entertainment received 32 more outperform votes than Aspen Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.57% of users gave Dolphin Entertainment an outperform vote while only 57.68% of users gave Aspen Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aspen GroupOutperform Votes
199
57.68%
Underperform Votes
146
42.32%
Dolphin EntertainmentOutperform Votes
231
66.57%
Underperform Votes
116
33.43%

Aspen Group has a beta of -0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dolphin Entertainment has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.

10.6% of Aspen Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Aspen Group 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Aspen Group beats Dolphin Entertainment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ASPU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ASPU vs. The Competition

MetricAspen GroupEducational services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.32M$1.01B$25.92B$8.50B
Dividend YieldN/A6.00%2.85%4.17%
P/E Ratio-0.1911.9844.4719.64
Price / Sales0.041.541,695.18152.17
Price / CashN/A27.8934.7434.64
Price / BookN/A2.446.834.60
Net Income-$13.58M$22.13M$741.34M$248.06M
7 Day Performance-15.40%-1.77%-0.21%-1.02%
1 Month Performance-14.06%-3.06%1.64%3.51%
1 Year Performance-41.05%14.72%52,480.55%12.68%

Aspen Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASPU
Aspen Group
0.7452 of 5 stars
$0.11
+3.8%
N/A-49.9%$3.32M$74.29M-0.191,130Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
DLPN
Dolphin Entertainment
2.7799 of 5 stars
$1.17
-0.8%
$5.00
+327.4%
-42.9%$13.07M$48.62M-0.56200Gap Down
VERB
Verb Technology
2.6858 of 5 stars
$8.98
flat
$62.00
+590.4%
-71.3%$12.73M$2.19M-0.72170Short Interest ↓
GV
Visionary
N/A$2.04
-2.4%
N/AN/A$11.44M$7.77M0.0050
EJH
E-Home Household Service
1.4979 of 5 stars
$2.60
-5.8%
N/A-91.8%$10.14M$50.11M0.00530News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
JZ
Jianzhi Education Technology Group
N/A$0.39
-3.8%
N/A-76.8%$8.07M$248.83M0.00100News Coverage
Stock Split
Short Interest ↓
PET
Wag! Group
2.3817 of 5 stars
$0.14
-0.1%
$4.17
+2,857.2%
-90.8%$7.16M$62.45M-0.3690Positive News
EEIQ
EpicQuest Education Group International
1.4563 of 5 stars
$0.55
+2.2%
N/A-44.5%$7.08M$8.15M0.0060
JDZG
JIADE
N/A$0.28
-5.5%
N/A-74.9%$6.75M$18.74M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
WAFU
Wah Fu Education Group
1.3555 of 5 stars
$1.46
+1.7%
N/A-26.2%$6.42M$6.37M0.00150Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
GSUN
Golden Sun Health Technology Group
1.3662 of 5 stars
$3.04
-7.3%
N/A-56.2%$5.95M$10.16M0.00380Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:ASPU) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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