Escalade (ESCA) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ESCA or FNKO?

In the previous week, Funko had 1 more articles in the media than Escalade. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Funko and 9 mentions for Escalade. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Escalade's score of -0.56 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)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Funko	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and 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	$263.57M	0.79	$9.83M	$0.94	16.06
Funko	$1.10B	0.67	-$154.08M	-$0.48	-28.15

Do analysts recommend ESCA or FNKO?

Funko has a consensus price target of $14.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.09%. Given Funko's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, ESCA or FNKO?

Escalade has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ESCA or FNKO?

Funko received 28 more outperform votes than Escalade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.52% of users gave Escalade an outperform vote while only 59.69% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Escalade	Outperform Votes 240 64.52%	Underperform Votes 132 35.48%
Funko	Outperform Votes 268 59.69%	Underperform Votes 181 40.31%

Summary

Escalade beats Funko on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.