Reviewing PodcastOne (PODC) and The Competition

PodcastOne (NASDAQ:PODC) is one of 117 public companies in the “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare PodcastOne to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for PodcastOne and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PodcastOne	0	0	3	0	3.00
PodcastOne Competitors	1180	4787	10774	315	2.60

PodcastOne currently has a consensus price target of $4.75, suggesting a potential upside of 229.86%. As a group, “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies have a potential upside of 3.83%. Given PodcastOne’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PodcastOne is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares PodcastOne and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PodcastOne	$43.30 million	-$14.73 million	-1.95
PodcastOne Competitors	$8.66 billion	$1.86 billion	-35,274.64

PodcastOne’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than PodcastOne. PodcastOne is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

2.9% of PodcastOne shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of shares of all “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of PodcastOne shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of shares of all “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares PodcastOne and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PodcastOne	-34.67%	-96.68%	-62.27%
PodcastOne Competitors	-14.07%	-22.45%	-3.80%

Risk and Volatility

PodcastOne has a beta of -2.48, meaning that its share price is 348% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PodcastOne’s peers have a beta of 1.29, meaning that their average share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PodcastOne peers beat PodcastOne on 9 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.