KOSS vs. UEIC, GNSS, SYNX, IMTE, SONY, VZIO, SONO, KN, ARLO, and FLL
Should you be buying Koss stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koss include Universal Electronics (UEIC), Genasys (GNSS), Silynxcom (SYNX), Integrated Media Technology (IMTE), Sony Group (SONY), VIZIO (VZIO), Sonos (SONO), Knowles (KN), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), and Full House Resorts (FLL).
Koss (NASDAQ:KOSS) and Universal Electronics (NASDAQ:UEIC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
6.2% of Koss shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Universal Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.0% of Koss shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Universal Electronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Koss has a beta of -0.71, indicating that its share price is 171% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Electronics has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Koss has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Universal Electronics. Koss is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Koss had 4 more articles in the media than Universal Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Koss and 4 mentions for Universal Electronics. Universal Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Koss' score of 0.48 indicating that Universal Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Universal Electronics received 233 more outperform votes than Koss when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.04% of users gave Universal Electronics an outperform vote while only 44.83% of users gave Koss an outperform vote.
Koss has a net margin of -8.85% compared to Universal Electronics' net margin of -11.27%. Koss' return on equity of -3.53% beat Universal Electronics' return on equity.
Universal Electronics has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.14%. Given Universal Electronics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Universal Electronics is more favorable than Koss.
Summary
Koss and Universal Electronics tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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