Comparing Digital Brands Group (DBGI) and Its Competitors

Digital Brands Group (NASDAQ:DBGI) is one of 285 public companies in the “Specialty Retail” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Digital Brands Group to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Digital Brands Group and its peers, as provided 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	3529	15235	21200	549	2.46

As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 11.88%. Given Digital Brands Group’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Digital Brands Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.6% of Digital Brands Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Digital Brands Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Digital Brands Group	-768.25%	-429.30%	-91.46%
Digital Brands Group Competitors	-3.51%	-29.23%	3.18%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Digital Brands Group and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Digital Brands Group	$7.38 million	-$28.25 million	-0.09
Digital Brands Group Competitors	$7.05 billion	$390.09 million	15.01

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

Digital Brands Group peers beat Digital Brands Group on 12 of the 12 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.