Knowles (KN) Competitors

Knowles (NYSE:KN) and VIZIO (NYSE:VZIO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Is KN or VZIO more profitable?

VIZIO has a net margin of 0.10% compared to Knowles' net margin of -27.53%. Knowles' return on equity of 5.16% beat VIZIO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knowles	-27.53%	5.16%	3.51%
VIZIO	0.10%	0.39%	0.19%

Do analysts recommend KN or VZIO?

Knowles presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.06%. VIZIO has a consensus target price of $11.08, indicating a potential downside of 2.35%. Given Knowles' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Knowles is more favorable than VIZIO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Knowles	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
VIZIO	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KN or VZIO?

96.3% of Knowles shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of VIZIO shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Knowles shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.7% of VIZIO shares are owned 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, KN or VZIO?

Knowles has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VIZIO has a beta of 2, indicating that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor KN or VZIO?

In the previous week, Knowles had 5 more articles in the media than VIZIO. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Knowles and 2 mentions for VIZIO. Knowles' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat VIZIO's score of -0.34 indicating that Knowles is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Knowles	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
VIZIO	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KN or VZIO?

Knowles received 339 more outperform votes than VIZIO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.62% of users gave Knowles an outperform vote while only 45.78% of users gave VIZIO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knowles	Outperform Votes 377 62.62%	Underperform Votes 225 37.38%
VIZIO	Outperform Votes 38 45.78%	Underperform Votes 45 54.22%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, KN or VZIO?

Knowles has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VIZIO. Knowles is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VIZIO, 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
Knowles	$801M	2.13	$72.40M	-$2.34	-8.29
VIZIO	$1.74B	1.32	$28.20M	$0.01	1,135.00

Summary

Knowles beats VIZIO on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.