AKTS vs. DZSI, FKWL, SONM, CLRO, MINM, PODC, INUV, NSYS, MATH, and ICAD
Should you be buying Akoustis Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akoustis Technologies include DZS (DZSI), Franklin Wireless (FKWL), Sonim Technologies (SONM), ClearOne (CLRO), Minim (MINM), PodcastOne (PODC), Inuvo (INUV), Nortech Systems (NSYS), Metalpha Technology (MATH), and iCAD (ICAD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Akoustis Technologies (NASDAQ:AKTS) and DZS (NASDAQ:DZSI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Akoustis Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $1.92, suggesting a potential upside of 438.09%. DZS has a consensus price target of $6.67, suggesting a potential upside of 338.60%. Given Akoustis Technologies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Akoustis Technologies is more favorable than DZS.
DZS has higher revenue and earnings than Akoustis Technologies. DZS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akoustis Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Akoustis Technologies had 16 more articles in the media than DZS. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Akoustis Technologies and 2 mentions for DZS. DZS's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Akoustis Technologies' score of -0.13 indicating that DZS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DZS has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Akoustis Technologies' net margin of -257.56%. DZS's return on equity of 0.00% beat Akoustis Technologies' return on equity.
Akoustis Technologies received 9 more outperform votes than DZS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.06% of users gave Akoustis Technologies an outperform vote while only 53.81% of users gave DZS an outperform vote.
Akoustis Technologies has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DZS has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
28.8% of Akoustis Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of DZS shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Akoustis Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of DZS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Akoustis Technologies and DZS tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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