Head to Head Survey: PodcastOne (PODC) & The Competition

PodcastOne (NASDAQ:PODC) is one of 184 public companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare PodcastOne to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares PodcastOne and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PodcastOne	$62.80 million	-$2.64 million	-19.92
PodcastOne Competitors	$10.37 billion	$73.91 million	14.64

PodcastOne’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than PodcastOne. PodcastOne 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.

Volatility and Risk

PodcastOne has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PodcastOne’s competitors have a beta of 1.01, meaning that their average stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

2.9% of PodcastOne shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of PodcastOne shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by company 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 PodcastOne and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PodcastOne	-5.01%	-17.56%	-10.97%
PodcastOne Competitors	11.00%	-21.29%	-2.47%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for PodcastOne and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PodcastOne	1	1	0	0	1.50
PodcastOne Competitors	1870	4494	9601	255	2.51

As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 21.82%. Given PodcastOne’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PodcastOne has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

PodcastOne competitors beat PodcastOne on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About PodcastOne

PodcastOne, Inc. operates as a podcast platform and publisher. The company offers its content to audiences through podcasting distribution platforms, including its website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and others. It also produces vodcasts, branded podcasts, merchandise, and live events. In addition, the company builds, owns, and operates LaunchPadOne, a self-publishing podcast platform. The company was formerly known as Courtside Group, Inc. and changed its name to PodcastOne, Inc. in September 2023. PodcastOne, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Beverly Hills, California. PodcastOne, Inc. is a subsidiary of LiveOne, Inc.