Akoustis Technologies (AKTS) Competitors

Communications Systems (NASDAQ:JCS) and Akoustis Technologies (NASDAQ:AKTS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, JCS or AKTS?

Communications Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Akoustis Technologies. Akoustis Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Communications Systems, 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
Communications Systems	$7.01M	0.00	$2.97M	$1.84	N/A
Akoustis Technologies	$27.12M	0.77	-$63.56M	-$1.00	-0.21

Do analysts rate JCS or AKTS?

Akoustis Technologies has a consensus price target of $1.92, suggesting a potential upside of 810.53%.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Communications Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Akoustis Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is JCS or AKTS more profitable?

Communications Systems has a net margin of 12.99% compared to Communications Systems' net margin of -257.56%. Akoustis Technologies' return on equity of -26.12% beat Communications Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Communications Systems	12.99%	-26.12%	-17.95%
Akoustis Technologies	-257.56%	-98.96%	-50.37%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of JCS or AKTS?

53.1% of Communications Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of Akoustis Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of Communications Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Akoustis Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, JCS or AKTS?

Communications Systems has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akoustis Technologies has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor JCS or AKTS?

In the previous week, Akoustis Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Communications Systems. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Akoustis Technologies and 6 mentions for Communications Systems. Communications Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Akoustis Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Akoustis Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Communications Systems	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Akoustis Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JCS or AKTS?

Akoustis Technologies received 13 more outperform votes than Communications Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.06% of users gave Akoustis Technologies an outperform vote while only 45.22% of users gave Communications Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Communications Systems	Outperform Votes 208 45.22%	Underperform Votes 252 54.78%
Akoustis Technologies	Outperform Votes 221 64.06%	Underperform Votes 124 35.94%

Summary

Communications Systems beats Akoustis Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.