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KOSS vs. ESCA, FNKO, CLAR, TRON, AOUT, GNSS, YYAI, KBSX, DTC, and FTEL

Should you be buying Koss stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koss include Escalade (ESCA), Funko (FNKO), Clarus (CLAR), Tron (TRON), American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), Genasys (GNSS), Connexa Sports Technologies (YYAI), FST (KBSX), Solo Brands (DTC), and Fitell (FTEL). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.

Koss vs. Its Competitors

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) and Koss (NASDAQ:KOSS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

65.2% of Escalade shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.2% of Koss shares are held by institutional investors. 28.8% of Escalade shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.7% of Koss shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Escalade and Escalade both had 8 articles in the media. Koss' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Escalade's score of -0.24 indicating that Koss is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Escalade
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Koss
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Escalade$251.51M0.74$12.99M$0.9114.73
Koss$12.27M4.95-$950K-$0.08-81.00

Escalade has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Koss' net margin of -6.06%. Escalade's return on equity of 6.86% beat Koss' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Escalade5.30% 6.86% 5.09%
Koss -6.06%-2.44%-2.01%

Escalade has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koss has a beta of -1.68, meaning that its stock price is 268% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Escalade beats Koss on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KOSS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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KOSS vs. The Competition

MetricKossAUDIO/VIDEO PRD IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$57.71M$17.96B$8.30B$9.58B
Dividend YieldN/A1.08%3.11%4.10%
P/E Ratio-81.006.5618.0226.04
Price / Sales4.951.945.53102.77
Price / CashN/A37.9616.6358.48
Price / Book1.922.104.726.61
Net Income-$950K$705.28M$226.48M$265.56M
7 Day Performance13.88%-2.24%15.33%1.97%
1 Month Performance3.35%-4.38%11.88%-0.36%
1 Year Performance-29.79%47.46%46.40%19.03%

Koss Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KOSS
Koss
0.8599 of 5 stars
$6.48
+5.2%
N/A-30.5%$57.71M$12.27M-81.0030Upcoming Earnings
ESCA
Escalade
4.2605 of 5 stars
$12.24
+3.7%
N/A+1.5%$162.88M$251.51M13.45590
FNKO
Funko
3.2634 of 5 stars
$2.79
+13.4%
$9.88
+253.9%
-69.9%$135.14M$1.05B-2.311,283Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CLAR
Clarus
4.4528 of 5 stars
$3.21
-7.0%
$4.75
+48.0%
-18.7%$132.49M$264.32M-1.49900Positive News
TRON
Tron
N/A$6.86
-1.6%
N/A+540.5%$124.30M$4.31M-36.11N/ATrending News
AOUT
American Outdoor Brands
2.9404 of 5 stars
$9.13
-0.9%
$15.00
+64.3%
+18.6%$117.50M$222.32M-912.09320News Coverage
GNSS
Genasys
3.9961 of 5 stars
$1.63
+1.2%
$5.33
+227.2%
-36.3%$72.70M$24.01M-2.55170Gap Up
YYAI
Connexa Sports Technologies
0.5667 of 5 stars
$4.11
-13.5%
N/A-30.2%$69.17M$8.40M-0.368News Coverage
KBSX
FST
N/A$1.67
-1.2%
N/AN/A$63.80M$36.50M-4.77N/ANews Coverage
DTC
Solo Brands
3.487 of 5 stars
$8.14
-8.7%
$40.00
+391.4%
-82.9%$18.79M$446.48M-0.10300News Coverage
Positive News
FTEL
Fitell
0.2358 of 5 stars
$0.47
-3.0%
N/A-96.7%$10.13M$4.47M0.0011Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:KOSS) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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