Innovative Designs (OTCMKTS:IVDN – Get Free Report) and PLBY Group (NASDAQ:PLBY – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Innovative Designs and PLBY Group, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Innovative Designs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| PLBY Group | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Risk & Volatility
Innovative Designs has a beta of -2.74, indicating that its share price is 374% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PLBY Group has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
Profitability
This table compares Innovative Designs and PLBY Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Innovative Designs | 18.21% | 24.63% | 22.40% |
| PLBY Group | 0.23% | 30.31% | 2.10% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Innovative Designs and PLBY Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Innovative Designs | $2.77 million | 3.55 | $500,000.00 | $0.03 | 8.51 |
| PLBY Group | $120.93 million | 1.18 | -$12.67 million | N/A | N/A |
Innovative Designs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PLBY Group.
Summary
PLBY Group beats Innovative Designs on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Innovative Designs
Innovative Designs, Inc. engages in manufacture and marketing of cold weather recreational and industrial clothing products in the United States and Canada. The company operates in two segments, Apparel and House Wrap. It offers arctic armor line products, including jackets, bibs, and gloves for ice fisherman, snowmobilers, utility workers, oil/gas pipeline workers, railroad workers, construction workers, ski resort workers, and police and first responders; and house wrap that provides barrier protection and moisture vapor transmission and insulation for the building construction industry. In addition, it offers INSULTEX material in bulk to non-competing customers; products that restore the waterproof character of the outer side of its arctic armor clothing; and cold weather headgears and base insulation clothing products. The company primarily sells its products through independent sales agents, agencies, retailers, and distributors, as well as through website. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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.
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