Fonix Mobile (FNX) Competitors

Fonix Mobile (LON:FNX) and Boku (LON:BOKU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FNX or BOKU?

Fonix Mobile has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boku. Fonix Mobile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boku, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fonix Mobile	£76.07M	2.92	£10.67M	£10.79	20.80
Boku	£113.86M	5.25	£9.00M	£1.94	83.19

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FNX or BOKU?

42.6% of Fonix Mobile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Boku shares are held by institutional investors. 33.4% of Fonix Mobile shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Boku shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FNX or BOKU?

Boku received 131 more outperform votes than Fonix Mobile when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Fonix Mobile an outperform vote while only 74.16% of users gave Boku an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fonix Mobile	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Boku	Outperform Votes 132 74.16%	Underperform Votes 46 25.84%

Is FNX or BOKU more profitable?

Fonix Mobile has a net margin of 14.03% compared to Boku's net margin of 7.90%. Fonix Mobile's return on equity of 101.42% beat Boku's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fonix Mobile	14.03%	101.42%	13.10%
Boku	7.90%	5.46%	2.67%

Does the media refer more to FNX or BOKU?

In the previous week, Boku had 1 more articles in the media than Fonix Mobile. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Boku and 1 mentions for Fonix Mobile. Boku's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Fonix Mobile's score of 0.00 indicating that Boku is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fonix Mobile	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Boku	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, FNX or BOKU?

Fonix Mobile has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boku has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend FNX or BOKU?

Boku has a consensus target price of GBX 230, indicating a potential upside of 42.86%. Given Boku's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boku is more favorable than Fonix Mobile.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fonix Mobile	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Boku	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Boku beats Fonix Mobile on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.