AKTS vs. DZSI, FKWL, CLRO, SONM, MINM, LPSN, PODC, TACT, MOBX, and KTCC
Should you be buying Akoustis Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akoustis Technologies include DZS (DZSI), Franklin Wireless (FKWL), ClearOne (CLRO), Sonim Technologies (SONM), Minim (MINM), LivePerson (LPSN), PodcastOne (PODC), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Mobix Labs (MOBX), and Key Tronic (KTCC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Akoustis Technologies (NASDAQ:AKTS) and DZS (NASDAQ:DZSI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
28.8% of Akoustis Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of DZS shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Akoustis Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of DZS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Akoustis Technologies and Akoustis Technologies both had 4 articles in the media. Akoustis Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat DZS's score of 0.00 indicating that Akoustis Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DZS has higher revenue and earnings than Akoustis Technologies. DZS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akoustis Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Akoustis Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $1.92, indicating a potential upside of 244.97%. DZS has a consensus price target of $6.67, indicating a potential upside of 500.60%. Given DZS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DZS is more favorable than Akoustis Technologies.
Akoustis Technologies has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DZS has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Akoustis Technologies received 10 more outperform votes than DZS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.06% of users gave Akoustis Technologies an outperform vote while only 53.69% of users gave DZS an outperform vote.
DZS has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Akoustis Technologies' net margin of -232.77%. DZS's return on equity of 0.00% beat Akoustis Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
DZS beats Akoustis Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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