Funko (FNKO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KN or FNKO?

96.4% of Knowles shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Funko shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Knowles shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Funko shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KN or FNKO?

Knowles received 109 more outperform votes than Funko when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.62% of users gave Knowles an outperform vote while only 59.69% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knowles	Outperform Votes 377 62.62%	Underperform Votes 225 37.38%
Funko	Outperform Votes 268 59.69%	Underperform Votes 181 40.31%

Do analysts prefer KN or FNKO?

Knowles currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.79%. Funko has a consensus price target of $14.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.83%. Given Funko's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Funko is more favorable than Knowles.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Knowles	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Funko	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, KN or FNKO?

Knowles has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knowles, 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
Knowles	$707.60M	2.54	$72.40M	-$2.34	-8.71
Funko	$1.10B	0.65	-$154.08M	-$0.48	-27.44

Does the media prefer KN or FNKO?

In the previous week, Knowles had 12 more articles in the media than Funko. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Knowles and 8 mentions for Funko. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Knowles' score of -0.20 indicating that Funko is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Knowles	1 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Funko	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is KN or FNKO more profitable?

Funko has a net margin of -2.29% compared to Knowles' net margin of -27.53%. Knowles' return on equity of 5.16% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knowles	-27.53%	5.16%	3.51%
Funko	-2.29%	-3.44%	-1.04%

Which has more risk and volatility, KN or FNKO?

Knowles has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Knowles beats Funko on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.