Analyzing STUB (STUB) and The Competition

STUB (NYSE:STUB) is one of 186 public companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare STUB to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares STUB and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
STUB	$1.75 billion	-$1.91 billion	-1.24
STUB Competitors	$4.14 billion	$76.31 million	13.15

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STUB	-93.54%	-9.50%	-2.67%
STUB Competitors	8.93%	-60.85%	-3.28%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for STUB and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
STUB	2	7	4	0	2.15
STUB Competitors	1774	4378	9410	243	2.51

STUB presently has a consensus target price of $10.73, suggesting a potential upside of 51.30%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 23.68%. Given STUB’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe STUB is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

35.6% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 31.0% of STUB shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

STUB competitors beat STUB on 8 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.