Dolphin Entertainment (NASDAQ:DLPN – Get Free Report) and Cardlytics (NASDAQ:CDLX – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Dolphin Entertainment and Cardlytics”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Dolphin Entertainment | $56.70 million | 0.28 | -$3.09 million | ($0.29) | -4.22 |
| Cardlytics | $211.16 million | 0.18 | -$103.49 million | ($1.77) | -0.38 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
8.9% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Cardlytics shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Dolphin Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Cardlytics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Dolphin Entertainment has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cardlytics has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Dolphin Entertainment and Cardlytics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Dolphin Entertainment | -6.02% | -41.42% | -6.00% |
| Cardlytics | -46.03% | -956.56% | -34.57% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Dolphin Entertainment and Cardlytics, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Dolphin Entertainment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Cardlytics | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 |
Cardlytics has a consensus target price of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.19%. Given Cardlytics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cardlytics is more favorable than Dolphin Entertainment.
Summary
Dolphin Entertainment beats Cardlytics on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Dolphin Entertainment
Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent entertainment marketing and production company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Entertainment Publicity, and Marketing and Content Production. The Entertainment Publicity and Marketing segment provides diversified marketing services, including public relations, entertainment and hospitality content marketing, strategic communications, strategic marketing consulting, social media and influencer marketing, digital marketing, creative branding, talent publicity, and entertainment marketing services, as well as produces promotional video content. The Content Production segment produces and distributes feature films and digital content. In addition, it offers strategic marketing and publicity services to individuals and corporates in the entertainment, hospitality, and music industries; and marketing direction, public relations counsel, and media strategy for video game publishers, as well as eSports leagues and other entities in the gaming industry. The company was formerly known as Dolphin Digital Media, Inc. and changed its name to Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. in July 2017. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.
About Cardlytics
Cardlytics, Inc. operates an advertising platform in the United States and the United Kingdom. It offers Cardlytics platform, a proprietary native bank advertising channel that enables marketers to reach customers through their network of financial institution partners through digital channels, such as online, mobile applications, email, and various real-time notifications; and Bridg platform, a customer data platform which utilizes point-of-sale data and enables marketers to perform analytics and targeted loyalty marketing, as well as measure the impact of their marketing. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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