Head to Head Review: Digital Brands Group (DBGI) vs. Its Peers

Digital Brands Group (NASDAQ:DBGI) is one of 286 public companies in the “Specialty Retail” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Digital Brands Group to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Digital Brands Group has a beta of -0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digital Brands Group’s competitors have a beta of 1.69, suggesting that their average stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Digital Brands Group and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Digital Brands Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Digital Brands Group Competitors	3523	15165	21108	544	2.46

As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 8.06%. Given Digital Brands Group’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Digital Brands Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.6% of Digital Brands Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Digital Brands Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Digital Brands Group and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Digital Brands Group	-550.26%	-380.16%	-83.78%
Digital Brands Group Competitors	-2.75%	-25.53%	2.88%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Digital Brands Group and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Digital Brands Group	$7.38 million	-$28.25 million	-0.14
Digital Brands Group Competitors	$6.98 billion	$390.24 million	19.49

Digital Brands Group’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Digital Brands Group. Digital Brands Group 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

Digital Brands Group competitors beat Digital Brands Group on 13 of the 13 factors compared.

About Digital Brands Group

Digital Brands Group, Inc. engages in the provision of apparel products under various brands on direct-to-consumer and wholesale basis. It operates through DSTLD, Bailey, H&J, Stateside, and Sundry segments. The company designs, manufactures, and sells women's apparel, such as tops, sweaters, dresses, jumpsuits, bottoms, sets, jackets, rompers, suiting, sportswear, shirts, jackets, pants, shorts, polos, T-shirts, skirts, athleisure bottoms, denims, and other accessory products, as well as suiting for men. It sells its products under the Bailey 44, Harper & Jones, Stateside, Sunnyside, DSTLD, Sundry, and ACE Studios brand names. The company sells directly to the consumer through its websites, as well as through its wholesale channel in specialty stores, select department stores, and own showrooms. Digital Brands Group, Inc. was formerly known as Denim.LA, Inc. Digital Brands Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.