FKWL vs. DZSI, SONM, CLRO, MINM, AKTS, MRDB, SQNS, NCTY, NEON, and ICAD
Should you be buying Franklin Wireless stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Wireless include DZS (DZSI), Sonim Technologies (SONM), ClearOne (CLRO), Minim (MINM), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), MariaDB (MRDB), Sequans Communications (SQNS), The9 (NCTY), Neonode (NEON), and iCAD (ICAD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Franklin Wireless (NASDAQ:FKWL) and DZS (NASDAQ:DZSI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
DZS received 211 more outperform votes than Franklin Wireless when rated by MarketBeat users.
DZS has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Franklin Wireless' net margin of -5.03%. DZS's return on equity of 0.00% beat Franklin Wireless' return on equity.
DZS has a consensus target price of $6.67, indicating a potential upside of 292.16%. Given DZS's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DZS is more favorable than Franklin Wireless.
In the previous week, DZS had 2 more articles in the media than Franklin Wireless. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DZS and 1 mentions for Franklin Wireless. Franklin Wireless' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat DZS's score of 0.82 indicating that Franklin Wireless is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franklin Wireless has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DZS. Franklin Wireless is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DZS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
18.5% of Franklin Wireless shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of DZS shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.6% of Franklin Wireless shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of DZS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Franklin Wireless has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DZS has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DZS beats Franklin Wireless on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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