Head-To-Head Contrast: PLBY Group (NASDAQ:PLBY) & Topgolf Callaway Brands (NYSE:CALY)

PLBY Group (NASDAQ:PLBY) and Topgolf Callaway Brands (NYSE:CALY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for PLBY Group and Topgolf Callaway Brands, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PLBY Group	2	0	0	0	1.00
Topgolf Callaway Brands	0	5	1	0	2.17

Topgolf Callaway Brands has a consensus target price of $17.25, suggesting a potential downside of 5.04%. Given Topgolf Callaway Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Topgolf Callaway Brands is more favorable than PLBY Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

32.5% of PLBY Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Topgolf Callaway Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 34.5% of PLBY Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Topgolf Callaway Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

PLBY Group has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Topgolf Callaway Brands has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares PLBY Group and Topgolf Callaway Brands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PLBY Group	-6.21%	21.89%	0.76%
Topgolf Callaway Brands	1.05%	4.44%	1.59%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares PLBY Group and Topgolf Callaway Brands”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PLBY Group	$122.29 million	1.42	-$12.67 million	($0.08)	-18.69
Topgolf Callaway Brands	$2.06 billion	1.59	-$409.30 million	$0.14	129.75

PLBY Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Topgolf Callaway Brands. PLBY Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Topgolf Callaway Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Topgolf Callaway Brands beats PLBY Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PLBY Group

PLBY Group, Inc. operates as a pleasure and leisure company in the United States, Australia, China, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Licensing, Direct-to-Consumer, and Digital Subscriptions and Content. The company offers sexual wellness products, such as lingerie, bedroom accessories, intimacy products, and other adult products; style and apparel products for men and women; digital entertainment and lifestyle products; and beauty and grooming products for men and women, such as skincare, haircare, bath and body, grooming, cosmetics, and fragrance. It also owns and operates digital commerce retail platforms, such as playboy.com, honeybirdette.com, yandy.com, and loversstores.com; and Honey Birdette and Lovers retail stores. In addition, the company licenses Playboy name, Rabbit Head Design, and other trademarks and related properties; and programming content to cable television operators and direct-to-home satellite television operators. Further, the company business covers the subscription sale of playboyplus.com and playboy.tv, which are online content platforms. It offers its products under its flagship brand Playboy. PLBY Group, Inc. is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

About Topgolf Callaway Brands

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. designs, manufactures, and sells golf equipment, golf and lifestyle apparel, and other accessories in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Internationally. The Topgolf segment operates Topgolf venues equipped with technology-enabled hitting bays, bars, dining areas, and event spaces, as well as Toptracer ball-flight tracking technology; and World Golf Tour digital golf game. The Golf Equipment segment provides drivers, fairway woods, hybrids, irons, wedges and packaged sets, putters, and pre-owned golf clubs under the Callaway and Odyssey brands, as well as golf balls under the Callaway Golf and Strata brands. The Active Lifestyle segment offers golf apparel and footwear; golf accessories, including golf bags, golf gloves, headwear, and practice aids under the Callaway brand; golf and lifestyle apparel, hats, luggage, and accessories under the TravisMathew brand; and footwear, belts, hats, facemasks, sunglasses, socks, and underwear under the Cuater by TravisMathew brand. This segment also provides storage and travel gear for sport and personal use, such as backpacks; travel, duffel, and golf bags; and storage gear accessories, as well as outerwear, headwear, and accessories under the OGIO brand. In addition, it offers outdoor apparel comprising jackets, trousers, dresses, skirts, and tops; and footwear and outdoor equipment, including packs and bags, travel bags, tents, sleeping bags, and accessories under the Jack Wolfskin brand. The company sells its products through golf retailers, sporting goods retailers, online retailers, mass merchants, department stores, third-party distributors, and mail order stores, as well as directly to consumers through its retail stores and websites. The company was formerly known as Callaway Golf Company and changed its name to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. in September 2022. Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.