Singing Machine (MICS) Competitors

Singing Machine (NASDAQ:MICS) and Solo Brands (NYSE:DTC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do analysts recommend MICS or DTC?

Solo Brands has a consensus price target of $1.18, indicating a potential upside of 464.90%. Given Solo Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Solo Brands is more favorable than Singing Machine.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Singing Machine	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Solo Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MICS or DTC?

84.5% of Solo Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 47.5% of Singing Machine shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Solo Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, MICS or DTC?

Singing Machine has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solo Brands has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, MICS or DTC?

Singing Machine has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Solo Brands.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Singing Machine	$29.05M	0.33	-$2.37M	N/A	N/A
Solo Brands	$454.55M	0.04	-$111.35M	-$1.93	-0.11

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MICS or DTC?

Solo Brands received 20 more outperform votes than Singing Machine when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Singing Machine an outperform vote while only 45.65% of users gave Solo Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Singing Machine	Outperform Votes 1 50.00%	Underperform Votes 1 50.00%
Solo Brands	Outperform Votes 21 45.65%	Underperform Votes 25 54.35%

Is MICS or DTC more profitable?

Singing Machine has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Solo Brands' net margin of -42.03%. Solo Brands' return on equity of 4.16% beat Singing Machine's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Singing Machine	N/A	-155.23%	-36.24%
Solo Brands	-42.03%	4.16%	2.23%

Does the media favor MICS or DTC?

In the previous week, Singing Machine and Singing Machine both had 1 articles in the media. Singing Machine's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Solo Brands'average media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Singing Machine	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Solo Brands	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Solo Brands beats Singing Machine on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.