Daktronics (DAKT) Competitors

OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS) and Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OSIS or DAKT?

89.2% of OSI Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Daktronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of OSI Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Daktronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OSIS or DAKT more profitable?

OSI Systems has a net margin of 8.31% compared to Daktronics' net margin of 3.62%. Daktronics' return on equity of 19.61% beat OSI Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OSI Systems	8.31%	18.17%	7.72%
Daktronics	3.62%	19.61%	8.96%

Do analysts prefer OSIS or DAKT?

OSI Systems presently has a consensus target price of $179.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.47%. Given OSI Systems' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe OSI Systems is more favorable than Daktronics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OSI Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Daktronics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, OSIS or DAKT?

OSI Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Daktronics. OSI Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daktronics, 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
OSI Systems	$1.54B	1.81	$128.15M	$7.66	21.74
Daktronics	$818.08M	0.96	$34.62M	$0.25	66.56

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OSIS or DAKT?

OSI Systems received 210 more outperform votes than Daktronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.52% of users gave OSI Systems an outperform vote while only 64.03% of users gave Daktronics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OSI Systems	Outperform Votes 445 70.52%	Underperform Votes 186 29.48%
Daktronics	Outperform Votes 235 64.03%	Underperform Votes 132 35.97%

Which has more risk & volatility, OSIS or DAKT?

OSI Systems has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daktronics has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor OSIS or DAKT?

In the previous week, OSI Systems had 8 more articles in the media than Daktronics. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for OSI Systems and 4 mentions for Daktronics. OSI Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Daktronics' score of 0.46 indicating that OSI Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OSI Systems	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Daktronics	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

OSI Systems beats Daktronics on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.