FARO vs. DAKT, MLAB, VPG, COHR, BMI, ITRI, CGNX, OSIS, AGYS, and SIMO
Should you be buying FARO Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FARO Technologies include Daktronics (DAKT), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Coherent (COHR), Badger Meter (BMI), Itron (ITRI), Cognex (CGNX), OSI Systems (OSIS), Agilysys (AGYS), and Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO).
FARO Technologies vs. Its Competitors
FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) and Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) are both small-cap electronic equipment & instruments companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
FARO Technologies has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daktronics has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.2% of FARO Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Daktronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of FARO Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Daktronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, FARO Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Daktronics. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FARO Technologies and 1 mentions for Daktronics. Daktronics' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat FARO Technologies' score of 0.49 indicating that Daktronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FARO Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $35.50, suggesting a potential downside of 19.03%. Daktronics has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.30%. Given Daktronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Daktronics is more favorable than FARO Technologies.
FARO Technologies has a net margin of -0.26% compared to Daktronics' net margin of -1.34%. Daktronics' return on equity of 15.29% beat FARO Technologies' return on equity.
FARO Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Daktronics. FARO Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daktronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Daktronics beats FARO Technologies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:FARO) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
