FC vs. ADSE, LQDT, CMPO, PGY, ICG, ECX, LNZA, NNOX, RDUS, and MKTW
Should you be buying Franklin Covey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Covey include ADS-TEC Energy (ADSE), Liquidity Services (LQDT), CompoSecure (CMPO), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), Intchains Group (ICG), ECARX (ECX), LanzaTech Global (LNZA), Nano-X Imaging (NNOX), Radius Recycling (RDUS), and MarketWise (MKTW). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC) and ADS-TEC Energy (NASDAQ:ADSE) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Franklin Covey has higher revenue and earnings than ADS-TEC Energy.
In the previous week, ADS-TEC Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Franklin Covey. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ADS-TEC Energy and 1 mentions for Franklin Covey. Franklin Covey's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat ADS-TEC Energy's score of 0.40 indicating that Franklin Covey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franklin Covey received 482 more outperform votes than ADS-TEC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.11% of users gave Franklin Covey an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave ADS-TEC Energy an outperform vote.
69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of ADS-TEC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Franklin Covey shares are held by company 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 Covey has a net margin of 6.13% compared to ADS-TEC Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Franklin Covey's return on equity of 23.23% beat ADS-TEC Energy's return on equity.
Franklin Covey presently has a consensus price target of $66.33, suggesting a potential upside of 69.22%. ADS-TEC Energy has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential downside of 71.64%. Given Franklin Covey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Franklin Covey is more favorable than ADS-TEC Energy.
Franklin Covey has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADS-TEC Energy has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Franklin Covey beats ADS-TEC Energy on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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