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FST (KBSX) Competitors

$6.78 -0.72 (-9.60%)
As of 02/20/2025 03:11 PM Eastern

KBSX vs. CLAR, GNSS, DTC, KOSS, FTEL, SYNX, MICS, YYAI, SRM, and RIME

Should you be buying FST stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FST include Clarus (CLAR), Genasys (GNSS), Solo Brands (DTC), Koss (KOSS), Fitell (FTEL), Silynxcom (SYNX), Singing Machine (MICS), Connexa Sports Technologies (YYAI), SRM Entertainment (SRM), and Algorhythm (RIME). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.

FST vs.

FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) and Clarus (NASDAQ:CLAR) are both small-cap unclassified companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.

FST has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Clarus. FST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clarus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FSTN/AN/A$430K-$0.35-19.37
Clarus$286.02M0.64-$10.15M$0.1336.54

Clarus received 329 more outperform votes than FST when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FSTN/AN/A
ClarusOutperform Votes
329
64.01%
Underperform Votes
185
35.99%

FST has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clarus has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Clarus has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 36.84%. Given Clarus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clarus is more favorable than FST.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FST
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Clarus
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Clarus has a net margin of 1.80% compared to FST's net margin of 0.00%. FST's return on equity of 0.00% beat Clarus' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FSTN/A N/A -8.81%
Clarus 1.80%-2.17%-1.64%

In the previous week, Clarus had 2 more articles in the media than FST. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Clarus and 0 mentions for FST. Clarus' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat FST's score of 0.00 indicating that Clarus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
FST Neutral
Clarus Positive

50.9% of FST shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Clarus shares are held by institutional investors. 54.6% of FST shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Clarus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Clarus beats FST on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KBSX vs. The Competition

MetricFSTHolding Offices IndustryUnclassified SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$45.97M$473.72M$129.46M$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/A6.96%N/A3.85%
P/E Ratio-19.372.271.2318.81
Price / SalesN/A103.0111.7876.64
Price / Cash57.2269.1394.0337.47
Price / Book-9.694.111.054.64
Net Income$430,000.00$35.22M$1.63M$245.69M
7 Day Performance-3.28%-0.59%-0.16%-2.63%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-5.27%3.12%-2.37%
1 Year PerformanceN/A24.55%29.68%13.65%

FST Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBSX
FST
N/A$6.78
-9.6%
N/AN/A$45.97MN/A-19.37N/A
CLAR
Clarus
4.182 of 5 stars
$4.78
-0.5%
$6.50
+36.1%
-19.2%$183.17M$286.02M36.73900News Coverage
GNSS
Genasys
4.1479 of 5 stars
$3.23
-2.9%
$5.33
+65.4%
+55.1%$144.94M$24.01M-4.89170
DTC
Solo Brands
3.0009 of 5 stars
$0.80
-7.9%
$2.52
+213.4%
-68.8%$73.70M$494.78M-0.23300Gap Up
KOSS
Koss
0.402 of 5 stars
$5.96
-3.6%
N/A+129.5%$55.73M$12.27M-74.5030
FTEL
Fitell
0.4165 of 5 stars
$0.90
0.0%
N/A-69.2%$18.83M$4.47M0.0011Gap Up
SYNX
Silynxcom
N/A$3.87
+0.5%
N/AN/A$12.23M$7.63M0.00N/AGap Up
MICS
Singing Machine
N/A$2.88
+6.7%
N/A+311.4%$12.15M$29.05M0.0027High Trading Volume
YYAI
Connexa Sports Technologies
0.585 of 5 stars
$0.64
+0.4%
N/AN/A$9.33M$8.40M0.008Gap Up
SRM
SRM Entertainment
1.3694 of 5 stars
$0.79
-8.1%
N/A-34.5%$7.94M$5.76M-1.86N/APositive News
Gap Down
RIME
Algorhythm
N/A$2.82
-2.3%
N/AN/A$6.70M$39.30M0.0027

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This page (NASDAQ:KBSX) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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