Dolphin Entertainment (DLPN) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, DLPN or BEDU?

Dolphin Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Dolphin Entertainment	$51.68M	0.23	-$24.40M	-$1.32	-0.82
Bright Scholar Education	$175.19M	0.28	-$140.52M	-$4.70	-0.35

Is DLPN or BEDU 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
Dolphin Entertainment	-39.39%	-67.30%	-19.66%
Bright Scholar Education	-55.92%	-0.35%	-0.10%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DLPN or BEDU?

8.9% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.0% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DLPN or BEDU?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, DLPN or BEDU?

Dolphin Entertainment has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Scholar Education has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DLPN or BEDU?

In the previous week, Dolphin Entertainment had 7 more articles in the media than Bright Scholar Education. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Dolphin Entertainment and 0 mentions for Bright Scholar Education. Dolphin Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Bright Scholar Education's score of 0.00 indicating that Dolphin Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Dolphin Entertainment	Positive
Bright Scholar Education	Neutral

Do analysts recommend DLPN or BEDU?

Dolphin Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 362.96%. Given Dolphin Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dolphin Entertainment is more favorable than Bright Scholar Education.

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
Bright Scholar Education	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Dolphin Entertainment beats Bright Scholar Education on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.