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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, BEDU or DLPN?

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

Which has preferable 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	$175.19M	0.29	-$140.52M	-$4.70	-0.37
Dolphin Digital Media	$51.69M	0.26	-$12.60M	-$1.32	-0.92

Does the media prefer BEDU or DLPN?

In the previous week, Dolphin Digital Media had 2 more articles in the media than Bright Scholar Education. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Dolphin Digital Media and 0 mentions for Bright Scholar Education. Dolphin Digital Media's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Bright Scholar Education's score of 0.00 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 analysts recommend BEDU or DLPN?

Dolphin Digital Media has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 309.80%. Given Dolphin Digital Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BEDU or DLPN?

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

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%

Summary

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