SONO vs. GOLF, YETI, PTON, KN, MODG, GEAR, ARLO, BHAT, FNKO, and ESCA
Should you be buying Sonos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sonos include Acushnet (GOLF), YETI (YETI), Peloton Interactive (PTON), Knowles (KN), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Revelyst (GEAR), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Fujian Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology (BHAT), Funko (FNKO), and Escalade (ESCA). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.
Sonos vs.
Sonos (NASDAQ:SONO) and Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.
Sonos presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.15%. Acushnet has a consensus price target of $72.80, indicating a potential upside of 6.99%. Given Sonos' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sonos is more favorable than Acushnet.
Sonos received 11 more outperform votes than Acushnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.21% of users gave Sonos an outperform vote while only 52.44% of users gave Acushnet an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sonos had 7 more articles in the media than Acushnet. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sonos and 4 mentions for Acushnet. Acushnet's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Sonos' score of 0.32 indicating that Acushnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
85.8% of Sonos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Acushnet shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Sonos shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Acushnet 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.
Acushnet has higher revenue and earnings than Sonos. Sonos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acushnet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sonos has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acushnet has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Acushnet has a net margin of 7.78% compared to Sonos' net margin of -4.73%. Acushnet's return on equity of 21.45% beat Sonos' return on equity.
Summary
Acushnet beats Sonos on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SONO) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
