Neonode (NEON) Competitors

Park Aerospace (NYSE:PKE) and Neonode (NASDAQ:NEON) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PKE or NEON?

77.8% of Park Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Neonode shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Park Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Neonode shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PKE or NEON?

Neonode has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 82.12%. Given Neonode's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Neonode is more favorable than Park Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Park Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Neonode	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor PKE or NEON?

In the previous week, Neonode had 1 more articles in the media than Park Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Neonode and 2 mentions for Park Aerospace. Park Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Neonode's score of 0.12 indicating that Park Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Park Aerospace	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Neonode	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PKE or NEON?

Park Aerospace received 41 more outperform votes than Neonode when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.26% of users gave Park Aerospace an outperform vote while only 49.48% of users gave Neonode an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Park Aerospace	Outperform Votes 232 60.26%	Underperform Votes 153 39.74%
Neonode	Outperform Votes 191 49.48%	Underperform Votes 195 50.52%

Which has more risk and volatility, PKE or NEON?

Park Aerospace has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neonode has a beta of 2, meaning that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, PKE or NEON?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Park Aerospace	$61.42M	4.28	$7.47M	$0.36	36.67
Neonode	$3.11M	48.92	-$10.12M	-$0.71	-12.76

Is PKE or NEON more profitable?

Park Aerospace has a net margin of 11.90% compared to Neonode's net margin of -252.78%. Park Aerospace's return on equity of 7.02% beat Neonode's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Park Aerospace	11.90%	7.02%	6.07%
Neonode	-252.78%	-67.67%	-60.74%

Summary

Park Aerospace beats Neonode on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.