Dolphin Digital Media (DLPN) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend DLPN or BEDU?

Dolphin Digital Media currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 323.62%. Given Dolphin Digital Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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
Dolphin Digital Media	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

Is DLPN or BEDU 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
Dolphin Digital Media	-30.04%	-49.86%	-11.43%
Bright Scholar Education	-58.44%	2.31%	0.61%

Which has better earnings and valuation, DLPN or BEDU?

Dolphin Digital Media has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Dolphin Digital Media	$51.69M	0.26	-$12.60M	-$1.32	-0.89
Bright Scholar Education	$247.56M	0.22	-$140.52M	-$4.70	-0.39

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

8.9% of Dolphin Digital Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Dolphin Digital Media shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to DLPN or BEDU?

In the previous week, Dolphin Digital Media had 3 more articles in the media than Bright Scholar Education. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Dolphin Digital Media and 0 mentions for Bright Scholar Education. Dolphin Digital Media's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Bright Scholar Education's score of 0.00 indicating that Dolphin Digital Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Dolphin Digital Media	Positive
Bright Scholar Education	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, DLPN or BEDU?

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

Summary

Dolphin Digital Media beats Bright Scholar Education on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.