Dolphin Digital Media (DLPN) Competitors

Bright Scholar Education (NYSE:BEDU) and Dolphin Digital Media (NASDAQ:DLPN) are both small-cap personal services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Do analysts rate BEDU or DLPN?

Dolphin Digital Media has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 323.73%. Given Dolphin Digital Media's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dolphin Digital Media 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 Digital Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor BEDU or DLPN?

In the previous week, Bright Scholar Education had 1 more articles in the media than Dolphin Digital Media. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bright Scholar Education and 1 mentions for Dolphin Digital Media. Dolphin Digital Media's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Bright Scholar Education's score of 0.25 indicating that Dolphin Digital Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bright Scholar Education	Neutral
Dolphin Digital Media	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BEDU or DLPN?

26.1% of Bright Scholar Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Dolphin Digital Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.8% of Bright Scholar Education shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Dolphin Digital Media shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BEDU or DLPN more profitable?

Dolphin Digital Media has a net margin of -30.04% compared to Bright Scholar Education's net margin of -58.44%. Bright Scholar Education's return on equity of 2.31% beat Dolphin Digital Media's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bright Scholar Education	-58.44%	2.31%	0.61%
Dolphin Digital Media	-30.04%	-49.86%	-11.43%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BEDU or DLPN?

Dolphin Digital Media has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bright Scholar Education. Dolphin Digital Media 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	$247.56M	0.21	-$140.52M	-$4.70	-0.37
Dolphin Digital Media	$51.69M	0.25	-$12.60M	-$1.32	-0.89

Which has more risk & volatility, BEDU or DLPN?

Bright Scholar Education has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dolphin Digital Media has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dolphin Digital Media beats Bright Scholar Education on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.