Escalade (ESCA) Competitors

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) and Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer ESCA or FNKO?

Funko has a consensus price target of $13.33, indicating a potential upside of 100.50%. Given Funko's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Funko is more favorable than Escalade.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Escalade	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Funko	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ESCA or FNKO?

Funko received 29 more outperform votes than Escalade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.52% of users gave Escalade an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Escalade	Outperform Votes 240 64.52%	Underperform Votes 132 35.48%
Funko	Outperform Votes 269 59.78%	Underperform Votes 181 40.22%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ESCA or FNKO?

65.2% of Escalade shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Funko shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.8% of Escalade shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Funko shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ESCA or FNKO?

Escalade has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Escalade, 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
Escalade	$251.51M	0.83	$9.83M	$0.92	16.63
Funko	$1.05B	0.35	-$154.08M	-$0.30	-22.17

Which has more volatility and risk, ESCA or FNKO?

Escalade has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ESCA or FNKO?

In the previous week, Escalade had 2 more articles in the media than Funko. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Escalade and 7 mentions for Funko. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Escalade's score of 0.29 indicating that Funko is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Escalade	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Funko	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ESCA or FNKO more profitable?

Escalade has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Funko's net margin of -2.29%. Escalade's return on equity of 7.17% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Escalade	5.20%	7.17%	4.79%
Funko	-2.29%	-3.44%	-1.04%

Summary

Escalade beats Funko on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.