JAKKS Pacific (JAKK) Competitors

JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) and Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts prefer JAKK or FNKO?

JAKKS Pacific presently has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 102.02%. Funko has a consensus price target of $9.08, suggesting a potential upside of 5.62%. Given JAKKS Pacific's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe JAKKS Pacific is more favorable than Funko.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JAKKS Pacific	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Funko	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Do institutionals and insiders believe in JAKK or FNKO?

44.4% of JAKKS Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Funko shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of JAKKS Pacific shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Funko shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is JAKK or FNKO more profitable?

JAKKS Pacific has a net margin of 4.29% compared to Funko's net margin of -11.46%. JAKKS Pacific's return on equity of 18.86% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JAKKS Pacific	4.29%	18.86%	8.55%
Funko	-11.46%	-16.76%	-4.87%

Which has more volatility and risk, JAKK or FNKO?

JAKKS Pacific has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, JAKK or FNKO?

JAKKS Pacific has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JAKKS Pacific, 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
JAKKS Pacific	$711.56M	0.29	$38.41M	$2.72	6.96
Funko	$1.10B	0.42	-$154.08M	-$2.51	-3.45

Does the media favor JAKK or FNKO?

In the previous week, Funko had 7 more articles in the media than JAKKS Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Funko and 3 mentions for JAKKS Pacific. JAKKS Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Funko's score of 0.54 indicating that JAKKS Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JAKKS Pacific	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Funko	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JAKK or FNKO?

JAKKS Pacific received 148 more outperform votes than Funko when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.71% of users gave JAKKS Pacific an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JAKKS Pacific	Outperform Votes 410 65.71%	Underperform Votes 214 34.29%
Funko	Outperform Votes 262 59.55%	Underperform Votes 178 40.45%

Summary

JAKKS Pacific beats Funko on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.