KOSS vs. AOUT, ESCA, CLAR, GNSS, DTC, KBSX, RIME, FTEL, SYNX, and MICS
Should you be buying Koss stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koss include American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), Escalade (ESCA), Clarus (CLAR), Genasys (GNSS), Solo Brands (DTC), FST (KBSX), Algorhythm (RIME), Fitell (FTEL), Silynxcom (SYNX), and Singing Machine (MICS). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.
Koss vs.
American Outdoor Brands (NASDAQ:AOUT) and Koss (NASDAQ:KOSS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
49.9% of American Outdoor Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.2% of Koss shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of American Outdoor Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 46.7% of Koss shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Koss received 58 more outperform votes than American Outdoor Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave American Outdoor Brands an outperform vote while only 43.96% of users gave Koss an outperform vote.
Koss has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Outdoor Brands. Koss is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Outdoor Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Outdoor Brands has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koss has a beta of -0.65, suggesting that its share price is 165% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Outdoor Brands has a net margin of -3.70% compared to Koss' net margin of -6.10%. American Outdoor Brands' return on equity of 1.86% beat Koss' return on equity.
In the previous week, Koss had 1 more articles in the media than American Outdoor Brands. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Koss and 1 mentions for American Outdoor Brands. American Outdoor Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Koss' score of 0.46 indicating that American Outdoor Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Outdoor Brands presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.96%. Given American Outdoor Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe American Outdoor Brands is more favorable than Koss.
Summary
American Outdoor Brands beats Koss on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KOSS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
