Knowles (KN) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, VZIO or KN?

Knowles has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
VIZIO	$1.68B	1.37	$28.20M	$0.01	1,134.00
Knowles	$801M	2.03	$72.40M	-$2.34	-7.88

Which has more risk & volatility, VZIO or KN?

VIZIO has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knowles has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in VZIO or KN?

66.2% of VIZIO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Knowles shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.7% of VIZIO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Knowles shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VZIO or KN 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
VIZIO	0.10%	0.39%	0.19%
Knowles	-27.53%	5.16%	3.51%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VZIO or KN?

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

Does the media refer more to VZIO or KN?

In the previous week, Knowles had 15 more articles in the media than VIZIO. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Knowles and 3 mentions for VIZIO. VIZIO's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Knowles' score of 0.26 indicating that VIZIO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VIZIO	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Knowles	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate VZIO or KN?

VIZIO currently has a consensus target price of $11.08, suggesting a potential downside of 2.26%. Knowles has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.04%. Given Knowles' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Knowles is more favorable than VIZIO.

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

Summary

Knowles beats VIZIO on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.