FKWL vs. DZSI, SONM, AKTS, PEGY, CLRO, MINM, FN, CIEN, INFN, and CLFD
Should you be buying Franklin Wireless stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Wireless include DZS (DZSI), Sonim Technologies (SONM), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), Pineapple Energy (PEGY), ClearOne (CLRO), Minim (MINM), Fabrinet (FN), Ciena (CIEN), Infinera (INFN), and Clearfield (CLFD). These companies are all part of the "telephone & telegraph apparatus" industry.
DZS (NASDAQ:DZSI) and Franklin Wireless (NASDAQ:FKWL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
DZS presently has a consensus price target of $6.67, indicating a potential upside of 353.51%. Given Franklin Wireless' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe DZS is more favorable than Franklin Wireless.
DZS received 212 more outperform votes than Franklin Wireless when rated by MarketBeat users.
DZS has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Wireless has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DZS has a net margin of 0.00% compared to DZS's net margin of -9.13%. Franklin Wireless' return on equity of 0.00% beat DZS's return on equity.
40.8% of DZS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Franklin Wireless shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of DZS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of Franklin Wireless shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, DZS and DZS both had 2 articles in the media. DZS's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Franklin Wireless' score of 1.19 indicating that Franklin Wireless is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Franklin Wireless has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DZS. Franklin Wireless is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DZS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DZS beats Franklin Wireless on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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