FARO vs. DAKT, MLAB, VPG, COHR, CGNX, BMI, ITRI, OSIS, QSI, and GEOS
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), Cognex (CGNX), Badger Meter (BMI), Itron (ITRI), OSI Systems (OSIS), Quantum-Si (QSI), and Geospace Technologies (GEOS).
FARO Technologies vs.
FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) and Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
FARO Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.35%. Daktronics has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.43%. Given Daktronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Daktronics is more favorable than FARO Technologies.
FARO Technologies received 139 more outperform votes than Daktronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.13% of users gave Daktronics an outperform vote while only 62.92% of users gave FARO Technologies an outperform vote.
97.2% of FARO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Daktronics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of FARO Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Daktronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, FARO Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Daktronics. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for FARO Technologies and 11 mentions for Daktronics. Daktronics' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat FARO Technologies' score of 0.54 indicating that Daktronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Daktronics has a net margin of 3.62% compared to FARO Technologies' net margin of -1.87%. Daktronics' return on equity of 19.61% beat FARO Technologies' return on equity.
Daktronics has higher revenue and earnings than FARO Technologies. 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.
FARO Technologies has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daktronics has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Daktronics beats FARO Technologies on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FARO) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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