Critical Review: STUB (STUB) & Its Competitors

STUB (NYSE:STUB) is one of 188 publicly-traded companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare STUB to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

35.6% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 31.0% of STUB shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.2% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares STUB and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STUB	-93.54%	-9.73%	-2.70%
STUB Competitors	9.20%	-50.30%	-3.12%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for STUB and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
STUB	2	7	4	0	2.15
STUB Competitors	1769	4367	9403	240	2.51

STUB presently has a consensus price target of $10.73, indicating a potential upside of 35.70%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 22.42%. Given STUB’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe STUB is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares STUB and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
STUB	$1.75 billion	-$1.91 billion	-13.18
STUB Competitors	$10.13 billion	$74.17 million	-5.86

STUB’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than STUB. STUB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

STUB peers beat STUB on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

STUB Company Profile

Stubhub Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides an online marketplace to buy and sell tickets for sports, concerts, theater, festivals and other live events. Stubhub Holdings Inc. is based in NEW YORK.