STUB (STUB) versus Its Peers Critical Review

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

35.6% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by institutional investors. 31.0% of STUB shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.2% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current 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	1766	4363	9398	240	2.51

STUB presently has a consensus target price of $10.33, suggesting a potential upside of 41.84%. As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 22.07%. Given STUB’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe STUB is more favorable than its competitors.

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	N/A	N/A	N/A
STUB Competitors	10.40%	-3.84%	-3.26%

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
STUB	$1.75 billion	-$1.91 billion	-12.14
STUB Competitors	$4.09 billion	$74.17 million	-6.14

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.

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.