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DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT, INC. against its own record and its peers
Operating margin-0.1%Revenue, on the yearPeer median 3.6%9.7%Equity of assetsPeer median 25.5%16.6%Return on equity-31.9%Gold tick: the median of 8–8 peers with $50M+ revenue in services-personal services
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