PLBY vs. DNUT, ARKO, BYON, BWMX, DDL, ZKH, HNST, LE, SGU, and HVT.A
Should you be buying PLBY Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PLBY Group include Krispy Kreme (DNUT), ARKO (ARKO), Beyond (BYON), Betterware de Mexico SAPI de C (BWMX), Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL), ZKH Group (ZKH), Honest (HNST), Lands' End (LE), Star Group (SGU), and Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
PLBY Group vs. Its Competitors
Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) and PLBY Group (NASDAQ:PLBY) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Krispy Kreme has higher revenue and earnings than PLBY Group. PLBY Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Krispy Kreme, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Krispy Kreme had 8 more articles in the media than PLBY Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Krispy Kreme and 4 mentions for PLBY Group. PLBY Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Krispy Kreme's score of 0.84 indicating that PLBY Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Krispy Kreme has a net margin of -29.33% compared to PLBY Group's net margin of -60.96%. Krispy Kreme's return on equity of -5.55% beat PLBY Group's return on equity.
Krispy Kreme currently has a consensus price target of $6.80, indicating a potential upside of 115.19%. PLBY Group has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.34%. Given Krispy Kreme's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Krispy Kreme is more favorable than PLBY Group.
81.7% of Krispy Kreme shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of PLBY Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Krispy Kreme shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.3% of PLBY Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Krispy Kreme has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PLBY Group has a beta of 2.5, suggesting that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Krispy Kreme beats PLBY Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:PLBY) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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