Ratios

		vs industry	vs history
P/B	16.06	LOV's P/B is ranked lower than 86% of the 59 Companies in the Global Personal Services industry. ( Industry Median: 1.28 vs. LOV: 16.06 )	LOV' s 10-Year P/B Range Min: 1.76   Max: 20.74 Current: 16.06 1.76 20.74
P/S	2.89	LOV's P/S is ranked lower than 86% of the 59 Companies in the Global Personal Services industry. ( Industry Median: 0.80 vs. LOV: 2.89 )	LOV' s 10-Year P/S Range Min: 0.88   Max: 3.04 Current: 2.89 0.88 3.04
EV-to-EBIT	-19.45	LOV's EV-to-EBIT is ranked lower than 51% of the 59 Companies in the Global Personal Services industry. ( Industry Median: 15.60 vs. LOV: -19.45 )	LOV' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range Min: 5.3   Max: 452.9 Current: -19.45 5.3 452.9
Shiller P/E	204.8	LOV's Shiller P/E is ranked higher than 66% of the 59 Companies in the Global Personal Services industry. ( Industry Median: 23.40 vs. LOV: 204.8 )	LOV' s 10-Year Shiller P/E Range Min: 27.73   Max: 166.5 Current: 204.8 27.73 166.5

Valuation & Return

		vs industry	vs history
Price/Net Current Asset Value	224.9	LOV's Price/Net Current Asset Value is ranked higher than 97% of the 59 Companies in the Global Personal Services industry. ( Industry Median: 13.40 vs. LOV: 224.9 )	LOV' s 10-Year Price/Net Current Asset Value Range Min: 74.3   Max: 300 Current: 224.9 74.3 300
Price/Tangible Book	299.9	LOV's Price/Tangible Book is ranked higher than 97% of the 59 Companies in the Global Personal Services industry. ( Industry Median: 2.60 vs. LOV: 299.9 )	LOV' s 10-Year Price/Tangible Book Range Min: 4.6   Max: 260 Current: 299.9 4.6 260
Price/DCF (Projected)	3.9	LOV's Price/DCF (Projected) is ranked higher than 97% of the 59 Companies in the Global Personal Services industry. ( Industry Median: 0.80 vs. LOV: 3.9 )	LOV' s 10-Year Price/DCF (Projected) Range Min: 0.7   Max: 3.4 Current: 3.9 0.7 3.4
Price/Median PS Value	1.7	LOV's Price/Median PS Value is ranked higher than 88% of the 59 Companies in the Global Personal Services industry. ( Industry Median: 1.00 vs. LOV: 1.7 )	LOV' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range Min: 0.6   Max: 1.5 Current: 1.7 0.6 1.5
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt)	1.30	LOV's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked higher than 66% of the 59 Companies in the Global Personal Services industry. ( Industry Median: 7.65 vs. LOV: 1.30 )	LOV' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range Min: 0.2   Max: 18.9 Current: 1.3 0.2 18.9
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman)	1.7	LOV's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked higher than 73% of the 59 Companies in the Global Personal Services industry. ( Industry Median: 8.92 vs. LOV: 1.7 )	LOV' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range Min: 8.3   Max: 10.2 Current: 1.7 8.3 10.2

Business Description

Spark Networks, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware. It is a provider of online personals services in the United States and internationally. The Company's Web sites enable adults to meet online, participate in a community and form relationships. It provides this opportunity through many features on its Web sites, such as profiles, onsite email centers, real-time chat rooms, instant messaging services and offline singles events. The Company's online personals services offer single adults a convenient and secure setting for meeting other singles. Visitors to its Web sites are encouraged to become registered members and post profiles. Posting a profile is a process in which visitors are asked various questions about themselves, including information such as its tastes in food, hobbies and desired attributes of potential partners. Members might also post photos of themselves. Members could perform detailed searches of other profiles and save its preferences, and profiles could be viewed by other members. In most cases, for a member to initiate email and instant message communication with others, that member must purchase a subscription. A subscription affords access to the paying subscribers' on-site email, instant messaging systems, message boards and chat rooms, enabling such subscribers to communicate with other members and paying subscribers. Currently, the Company's key Web sites include JDate.com, AmericanSingles.com, BlackSingles.com and ChristianMingle.com. It operates several international Web sites and maintains operations in the United States and Israel. The Company engages in a number of marketing activities planned to drive consumer traffic to its Web sites and to allow it the opportunity to introduce its products and services to prospective members. The Company competes with a number of large and small companies, including vertically integrated Internet portals and specialty-focused media companies that provide online and offline products and services to the markets it serves. Its main online personals services competitors include Yahoo! Personals, Match.com, a wholly-owned subsidiary of InterActiveCorp, and eHarmony, all of which operate mainly in North America. Both the Company and its affiliates are subject to laws and regulations related to Internet communications, consumer protection, advertising, privacy, security and data protection.
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Industry:	Personal Services
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