PLBY Group (PLBY) Competitors

Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW) and PLBY Group (NASDAQ:PLBY) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, BBW or PLBY?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PLBY Group has a beta of 2.51, suggesting that its share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BBW or PLBY?

Build-A-Bear Workshop presently has a consensus target price of $51.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.10%. PLBY Group has a consensus target price of $1.85, indicating a potential downside of 0.54%. Given Build-A-Bear Workshop's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Build-A-Bear Workshop is more favorable than PLBY Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Build-A-Bear Workshop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
PLBY Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BBW or PLBY?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has higher revenue and earnings than PLBY Group. PLBY Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Build-A-Bear Workshop, 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
Build-A-Bear Workshop	$510.07M	1.28	$51.78M	$4.16	11.85
PLBY Group	$116.14M	1.50	-$79.40M	-$0.93	-2.00

Does the media prefer BBW or PLBY?

In the previous week, Build-A-Bear Workshop had 5 more articles in the media than PLBY Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Build-A-Bear Workshop and 0 mentions for PLBY Group. Build-A-Bear Workshop's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat PLBY Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Build-A-Bear Workshop is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Build-A-Bear Workshop	Very Positive
PLBY Group	Neutral

Is BBW or PLBY more profitable?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a net margin of 10.91% compared to PLBY Group's net margin of -71.91%. Build-A-Bear Workshop's return on equity of 40.74% beat PLBY Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Build-A-Bear Workshop	10.91%	40.74%	18.98%
PLBY Group	-71.91%	-1,460.70%	-25.53%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BBW or PLBY?

79.3% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of PLBY Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Build-A-Bear Workshop 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Build-A-Bear Workshop beats PLBY Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.