{"id":2248408,"date":"2026-01-24T12:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2248408"},"modified":"2026-01-24T12:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:57:15","slug":"theres-no-escaping-dolphin-entertainment-inc-s-nasdaqdlpn-muted-revenues-despite-a-27-share-price-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/theres-no-escaping-dolphin-entertainment-inc-s-nasdaqdlpn-muted-revenues-despite-a-27-share-price-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s No Escaping Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.&#8217;s (NASDAQ:DLPN) Muted Revenues Despite A 27% Share Price Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-cy-id=\"article-content\">\n<p> <strong>Dolphin Entertainment, Inc.<\/strong> (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/simplywall.st\/stocks\/us\/media\/nasdaq-dlpn\/dolphin-entertainment\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-link-type=\"intro\" class=\"company-report-links\">NASDAQ:DLPN<\/a>) shareholders would be excited to see that the share price has had a great month, posting a 27% gain and recovering from prior weakness.    Looking back a bit further, it&#8217;s encouraging to see the stock is up 78% in the last year.   <\/p>\n<p> Even after such a large jump in price, Dolphin Entertainment may still be sending buy signals at present with its price-to-sales (or &#8220;P\/S&#8221;) ratio of 0.4x, considering almost half of all companies in the Entertainment industry in the United States have P\/S ratios greater than 1.6x and even P\/S higher than 5x aren&#8217;t out of the ordinary.   Nonetheless, we&#8217;d need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the reduced P\/S.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-injector\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/simplywall.st\/discover\/investing-ideas\/434423\/us-midstream-oil-and-gas-pipeline-operators\/global\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-link-type=\"investing-ideas\" class=\"company-report-links\">Trump has pledged to &#8220;unleash&#8221; American oil and gas and these 15 US stocks have developments that are poised to benefit.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"veryHighlightLink\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/simplywall.st\/stocks\/us\/media\/nasdaq-dlpn\/dolphin-entertainment\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-link-type=\"cta\" class=\"company-report-links\"> Check out our latest analysis for Dolphin Entertainment <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/simplywall.st\/stocks\/us\/media\/nasdaq-dlpn\/dolphin-entertainment\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-link-type=\"infographic\" class=\"company-report-links\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NasdaqCM:DLPN Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry January 24th 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3> How Dolphin Entertainment Has Been Performing <\/h3>\n<p> Dolphin Entertainment could be doing better as it&#8217;s been growing revenue less than most other companies lately.   Perhaps the market is expecting the current trend of poor revenue growth to continue, which has kept the P\/S suppressed.  If this is the case, then existing shareholders will probably struggle to get excited about the future direction of the share price.     <\/p>\n<p> If you&#8217;d like to see what analysts are forecasting going forward, you should check out our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/simplywall.st\/stocks\/us\/media\/nasdaq-dlpn\/dolphin-entertainment\/future\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-link-type=\"integrated-pitch\" class=\"company-report-links\"><strong>free <\/strong>report on Dolphin Entertainment<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h2> Is There Any Revenue Growth Forecasted For Dolphin Entertainment?  <\/h2>\n<p> Dolphin Entertainment&#8217;s P\/S ratio would be typical for a company that&#8217;s only expected to deliver limited growth, and importantly, perform worse than the industry.  <\/p>\n<p> Retrospectively, the last year delivered a decent 3.9% gain to the company&#8217;s revenues.   This was backed up an excellent period prior to see revenue up by 34% in total over the last three years.  So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing revenues over that time.   <\/p>\n<p> Looking ahead now, revenue is anticipated to climb by 16% during the coming year according to the lone analyst following the company.  With the industry predicted to deliver 18% growth, the company is positioned for a weaker revenue result. <\/p>\n<p> With this information, we can see why Dolphin Entertainment is trading at a P\/S lower than the industry.  It seems most investors are expecting to see limited future growth and are only willing to pay a reduced amount for the stock.  <\/p>\n<h2> What Does Dolphin Entertainment&#8217;s P\/S Mean For Investors? <\/h2>\n<p> The latest share price surge wasn&#8217;t enough to lift Dolphin Entertainment&#8217;s P\/S close to the industry median.      Typically, we&#8217;d caution against reading too much into price-to-sales ratios when settling on investment decisions, though it can reveal plenty about what other market participants think about the company. <\/p>\n<p> We&#8217;ve established that Dolphin Entertainment maintains its low P\/S on the weakness of its forecast growth being lower than the wider industry, as expected.  At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement in revenue isn&#8217;t great enough to justify a higher P\/S ratio.  It&#8217;s hard to see the share price rising strongly in the near future under these circumstances.     <\/p>\n<p> It is also worth noting that we have found <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/simplywall.st\/stocks\/us\/media\/nasdaq-dlpn\/dolphin-entertainment\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-link-type=\"conclusion\" class=\"company-report-links\"><strong>1 warning sign for Dolphin Entertainment<\/strong><\/a> that you need to take into consideration.  <\/p>\n<p> It&#8217;s important to <strong>make sure you look for a great company, not just the first idea you come across.<\/strong> So if growing profitability aligns with your idea of a great company, take a peek at this <strong>free<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/simplywall.st\/discover\/investing-ideas\/16455\/strong-past-earnings-growth-p-e-ratio-below-20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-link-type=\"conclusion-grid\" class=\"company-report-links\">list of interesting companies with strong recent earnings growth (and a low P\/E).<\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-80c0fb9d-0 hfaySj\">\n<h3 class=\"m-0 text-balance text-mega font-medium mb-4 font-serif\"><strong>New: <\/strong>Manage All Your Stock Portfolios in One Place<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ve created the <strong>ultimate portfolio companion<\/strong> for stock investors, <strong>and it&#8217;s free.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Connect an unlimited number of Portfolios and see your total in one currency<br \/>\u2022 Be alerted to new Warning Signs or Risks via email or mobile<br \/>\u2022 Track the Fair Value of your stocks<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/simplywall.st\/features\/portfolio\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-kuACkN ichCyz !text-[--s-button-primary-color-text] !no-underline\" data-focus=\"dashed\">Try a Demo Portfolio for Free<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-3204b94-2 cZQCtj\"><strong>Have feedback on this article? 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Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source simplywall.st \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLPN) shareholders would be excited to see that the share price has had a great month, posting a 27% gain and recovering from prior weakness. Looking back a bit further, it&#8217;s encouraging to see the stock is up 78% in the last year. 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