PLBY vs ZGN vs COLM Stock Comparison

Playboy, Ermenegildo Zegna and Columbia Sportswear Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PLBY Playboy, Inc.
$1.13 +9.7% 1M -13.7% 1Y
Market cap
$126.17M
P/E
445.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$125.36M
Div. yield
–
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
1 win
ZGN Ermenegildo Zegna N.V.
$13.36 +4.9% 1M +27.5% 1Y
Market cap
$3.42B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Luxury Goods Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
COLM Columbia Sportswear Co
$61.17 +6.2% 1M +11.4% 1Y
Market cap
$3.10B
P/E
15.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.41B
Div. yield
–
Apparel Consumer Discretionary
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Columbia Sportswear leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Columbia Sportswear 5, Ermenegildo Zegna 3, Playboy 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPLBYZGNCOLMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $126.17M $3.42B $3.10B ZGN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 445.8x — 15.1x COLM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 30.4x 14.5x COLM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.5% — -0.1% PLBY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.2% — 6.0% COLM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 81.7x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -13.7% +27.5% +11.4% ZGN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -47.3%/yr +5.9%/yr -9.8%/yr ZGN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 77.1% 41.4% 36.0% COLM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 25/100 — 69/100 COLM

Percentile Scorecard

PLBYZGNCOLM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisPLBYZGNCOLM
Valuation 9 #41 of 45 – 80 #10 of 45
Growth 71 #13 of 43 – 31 #30 of 43
Profitability 28 #30 of 41 – 70 #13 of 41
Financial Health 12 #46 of 52 51 #26 of 52 78 #12 of 52
Shareholder Returns 3 #33 of 34 12 #30 of 34 85 #6 of 34
Overall 25 – 69
  • PLBY ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • ZGN ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury
  • COLM ranked among 52 companies in Apparel and Luxury

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodPLBYZGNCOLMSPY
1 month +9.7%+4.9%+6.2% -0.2%
3 months -7.4%-10.9%-5.1% +3.9%
6 months -34.7%+13.3%+0.1% +8.2%
Year to date -39.9%+30.3%+11.0% +12.9%
1 year -13.7%+27.5%+11.4% +12.3%
3 years +88.3%+21.5%-14.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year +23.5%+6.7%-5.0% +23.3%
5 years -95.9%+33.4%-40.2% +67.9%
5 years, per year -47.3%+5.9%-9.8% +10.9%
10 years ——+8.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year ——+0.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasurePLBYZGNCOLMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 77.1%41.4%36.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 72.3%38.7%31.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.401.160.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.180.660.32 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.9%-61.4%-54.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -58.3%-12.4%-9.8% -1.2%
52-week high $2.71$15.25$67.79 $779.14
52-week low $0.98$8.69$49.63 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultiplePLBYZGNCOLM
P/E now vs peer median 458.0xmedian 16.4x —median 16.4x 15.2xmedian 16.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 0.7x —median 0.7x 0.9xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 169.7xmedian 9.9x —median 9.9x 8.0xmedian 9.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 80.0xmedian 12.0x —median 12.0x 9.7xmedian 12.0x
P/B now vs peer median 5.9xmedian 2.2x 2.9xmedian 2.2x 2.0xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 17.61median 0.64 —median 0.64 -2.89median 0.64

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsPLBYZGNCOLM
Revenue $125.36M – $3.41B
Gross profit $91.13M – $1.78B
Operating income $5.53M – $257.00M
Net income $283.00K – $206.03M
Free cash flow $1.67M – $321.30M
EPS (diluted) $0.00 – $4.02
Cash & equivalents $31.90M $258.95M $532.31M
Total debt $156.00M $256.76M –
Shares (diluted) 114.70M 261.47M 51.26M
Enterprise value -$1.24M $2.15B $914.13M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricPLBYZGNCOLM
P/E 458.0x – 15.2x
P/FCF 80.0x – 9.7x
P/Operating cash flow 43.8x – 8.2x
P/S 1.1x – 0.9x
P/B 5.9x 2.9x 2.0x
P/Tangible book -1.0x 2.9x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 169.7x – 8.0x
EV/EBIT 46.6x – 9.8x
EV/Revenue 2.1x – 0.7x
EV/FCF 154.2x – 7.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 84.4x – 6.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 17.61 – -2.89

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPLBYZGNCOLM
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.5% – -0.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -8.0% – -1.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.1% – 3.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.7% – 0.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 112.3% – -5.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 26.2% – -10.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 100.4% – -8.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 26.0% – -11.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 100.4% – -2.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.0% – -5.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 117.1% – 20.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.4% – 58.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 108.7% – 24.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.7% – 92.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPLBYZGNCOLM
Gross margin 72.7% – 52.2%
EBITDA margin 1.2% – 9.2%
Operating margin 4.4% – 7.5%
Pretax margin -0.8% – 8.1%
Net margin 0.2% – 6.0%
FCF margin 1.3% – 9.4%
Operating cash flow margin 2.4% – 11.2%
Return on equity 1.0% – 12.9%
Return on assets 0.1% – 7.7%
Return on invested capital 0.0% – –
Return on capital employed 2.6% – 13.3%
Asset turnover 0.4x – 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 10.8x – 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 4.8% – 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPLBYZGNCOLM
Debt / assets 54.0% 7.3% –
Debt / equity 6.8x 0.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA 81.7x – –
Debt / FCF 93.3x – –
Liabilities / assets 92.1% 66.4% 42.8%
Equity / assets 7.9% 33.6% 57.2%
Interest coverage 0.6x – –
Current ratio 0.8x 1.5x 2.5x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.6x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.4x 0.8x
Altman Z-score -2.71 – 4.40

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPLBYZGNCOLM
Dividend yield – 0.9% 2.0%
Net buyback yield -11.6% – 6.9%
Shareholder yield -11.6% 0.9% 8.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusPLBYZGNCOLM
Forward P/E – 30.4xFY2026 14.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.01FY2026 $0.44FY2026 $4.21FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -2.2%FY2026 +14.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +34.1% -3.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $133.52MFY2026 $2.22BFY2026 $3.31BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.4%FY2026 -1.5%FY2026 -2.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.1% +17.4% +14.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPLBYZGNCOLM
Held by institutions 38.4% 29.0% 51.1%
Institutions holding 87 135 323
Change in shares held, QoQ +27.0% +14.6% +1.8%
Institutions buying 48 77 161
Institutions selling 23 39 111
Buyers to sellers 2.09 1.97 1.45

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

PLBYZGNCOLM
PLBY 1.00 0.08 0.13
ZGN 0.08 1.00 0.45
COLM 0.13 0.45 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PLBY, ZGN and COLM?

Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Playboy (PLBY) $126.17M, Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) $3.42B, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) $3.10B.

Which stock is cheaper, PLBY, ZGN and COLM?

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Playboy (PLBY) 445.8x, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 15.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) is cheapest (Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) 30.4x, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 14.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Playboy (PLBY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Playboy (PLBY) +4.5%, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) -0.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Columbia Sportswear (COLM) has the highest net margin (Playboy (PLBY) 0.2%, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 6.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) returned the most: Playboy (PLBY) -13.7%, Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) +27.5%, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) +11.4%. Over five years, Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) compounded fastest (Playboy (PLBY) -47.3%/yr, Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) +5.9%/yr, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) -9.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) has been the steadiest (Playboy (PLBY) 77.1%, Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN) 41.4%, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) 36.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PLBY, ZGN and COLM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Columbia Sportswear (COLM) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.