Digital Brands Group (DBGI) & The Competition Critical Contrast

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

Profitability

This table compares Digital Brands Group and its rivals’ 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	-2.47%	-29.63%	2.70%

Institutional and Insider 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, 21.1% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Digital Brands Group and its rivals 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	$6.99 billion	$387.72 million	14.66

Digital Brands Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Digital Brands Group. Digital Brands Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Digital Brands Group and its rivals, 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	3546	15259	21201	548	2.46

As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 10.75%. Given Digital Brands Group’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Digital Brands Group has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Digital Brands Group rivals 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.