Turtle Beach (HEAR) Competitors

Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:HEAR) and Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the media prefer HEAR or NSSC?

In the previous week, Napco Security Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Turtle Beach. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Napco Security Technologies and 1 mentions for Turtle Beach. Napco Security Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Turtle Beach's score of 0.80 indicating that Napco Security Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Turtle Beach	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Napco Security Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer HEAR or NSSC?

Turtle Beach presently has a consensus target price of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.98%. Napco Security Technologies has a consensus target price of $47.14, suggesting a potential upside of 29.91%. Given Turtle Beach's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Turtle Beach is more favorable than Napco Security Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Turtle Beach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Napco Security Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HEAR or NSSC?

67.0% of Turtle Beach shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Napco Security Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Turtle Beach shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Napco Security Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HEAR or NSSC?

Napco Security Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Turtle Beach. Napco Security Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Turtle Beach, 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
Turtle Beach	$326.23M	0.98	-$17.68M	$0.29	55.03
Napco Security Technologies	$191.15M	6.96	$49.82M	$1.36	26.68

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HEAR or NSSC?

Turtle Beach received 178 more outperform votes than Napco Security Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.98% of users gave Turtle Beach an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave Napco Security Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Turtle Beach	Outperform Votes 457 69.98%	Underperform Votes 196 30.02%
Napco Security Technologies	Outperform Votes 279 61.73%	Underperform Votes 173 38.27%

Is HEAR or NSSC more profitable?

Napco Security Technologies has a net margin of 26.43% compared to Turtle Beach's net margin of 1.41%. Napco Security Technologies' return on equity of 29.56% beat Turtle Beach's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Turtle Beach	1.41%	9.18%	3.88%
Napco Security Technologies	26.43%	29.56%	25.32%

Which has more risk & volatility, HEAR or NSSC?

Turtle Beach has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Napco Security Technologies has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Napco Security Technologies beats Turtle Beach on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.