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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

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

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

Do analysts rate DLPN or BEDU?

Dolphin Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 395.05%. Given Dolphin Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	$51.39M	0.22	-$24.40M	-$2.08	-0.49
Bright Scholar Education	$1.76B	0.02	-$140.52M	-$4.75	-0.31

Which has more volatility & risk, DLPN or BEDU?

Dolphin Entertainment has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Scholar Education has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Is DLPN or BEDU more profitable?

Dolphin Entertainment has a net margin of -39.39% compared to Bright Scholar Education's net margin of -50.19%. Bright Scholar Education's return on equity of 1.44% 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	-50.19%	1.44%	0.47%

Does the media refer more to DLPN or BEDU?

In the previous week, Dolphin Entertainment had 2 more articles in the media than Bright Scholar Education. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Dolphin Entertainment and 1 mentions for Bright Scholar Education. Dolphin Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Bright Scholar Education's score of -1.00 indicating that Dolphin Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Dolphin Entertainment	Positive
Bright Scholar Education	Negative

Summary

Dolphin Entertainment beats Bright Scholar Education on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.