Financial Analysis: STUB (STUB) versus The Competition

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for STUB and its peers, 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	1775	4371	9408	242	2.51

STUB presently has a consensus target price of $10.73, indicating a potential upside of 33.72%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 22.94%. Given STUB’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe STUB is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

35.4% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by institutional investors. 31.0% of STUB shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%	-9.50%	-2.67%
STUB Competitors	8.19%	-60.74%	-3.51%

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	-1.40
STUB Competitors	$4.13 billion	$74.78 million	13.63

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 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.