Byrna Technologies (BYRN) Competitors

Byrna Technologies (NASDAQ:BYRN) and Energizer (NYSE:ENR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BYRN or ENR?

Energizer received 375 more outperform votes than Byrna Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Byrna Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.30% of users gave Energizer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Byrna Technologies	Outperform Votes 15 75.00%	Underperform Votes 5 25.00%
Energizer	Outperform Votes 390 58.30%	Underperform Votes 279 41.70%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BYRN or ENR?

25.5% of Byrna Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Energizer shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of Byrna Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Energizer shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BYRN or ENR more profitable?

Byrna Technologies has a net margin of 14.92% compared to Energizer's net margin of 2.02%. Energizer's return on equity of 168.16% beat Byrna Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Byrna Technologies	14.92%	15.39%	11.90%
Energizer	2.02%	168.16%	5.81%

Do analysts rate BYRN or ENR?

Byrna Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.36%. Energizer has a consensus target price of $31.63, suggesting a potential upside of 37.86%. Given Byrna Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Byrna Technologies is more favorable than Energizer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Byrna Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Energizer	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BYRN or ENR?

Energizer has higher revenue and earnings than Byrna Technologies. Energizer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Byrna Technologies, 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
Byrna Technologies	$95.29M	5.67	$12.79M	$0.61	39.10
Energizer	$2.90B	0.57	$38.10M	$0.73	31.42

Which has more volatility & risk, BYRN or ENR?

Byrna Technologies has a beta of 2.18, suggesting that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energizer has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BYRN or ENR?

In the previous week, Energizer had 8 more articles in the media than Byrna Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Energizer and 6 mentions for Byrna Technologies. Energizer's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Byrna Technologies' score of 0.70 indicating that Energizer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Byrna Technologies	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Energizer	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Byrna Technologies beats Energizer on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.