PLBY Group (PLBY) Competitors

PLBY Group (NASDAQ:PLBY) and Lee Enterprises (NYSE:LEE) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Is PLBY or LEE more profitable?

Lee Enterprises has a net margin of -0.86% compared to PLBY Group's net margin of -119.60%. Lee Enterprises' return on equity of -30.92% beat PLBY Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PLBY Group	-119.60%	-93.57%	-19.31%
Lee Enterprises	-0.86%	-30.92%	-0.79%

Does the media prefer PLBY or LEE?

In the previous week, Lee Enterprises had 9 more articles in the media than PLBY Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lee Enterprises and 0 mentions for PLBY Group. Lee Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat PLBY Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Lee Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PLBY Group	Neutral
Lee Enterprises	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLBY or LEE?

Lee Enterprises received 170 more outperform votes than PLBY Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave PLBY Group an outperform vote while only 62.20% of users gave Lee Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PLBY Group	Outperform Votes 34 66.67%	Underperform Votes 17 33.33%
Lee Enterprises	Outperform Votes 204 62.20%	Underperform Votes 124 37.80%

Do analysts rate PLBY or LEE?

PLBY Group presently has a consensus target price of $2.67, suggesting a potential upside of 186.74%. Given PLBY Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe PLBY Group is more favorable than Lee Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PLBY Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Lee Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, PLBY or LEE?

PLBY Group has a beta of 2.53, suggesting that its stock price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lee Enterprises has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, PLBY or LEE?

Lee Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than PLBY Group. Lee Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PLBY Group, 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
PLBY Group	$142.95M	0.49	-$180.42M	-$2.61	-0.37
Lee Enterprises	$691.14M	0.11	-$5.27M	-$0.96	-13.34

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PLBY or LEE?

32.5% of PLBY Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of PLBY Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Lee Enterprises shares are held by 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

Lee Enterprises beats PLBY Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.