Clarus (CLAR) Competitors

Clarus (NASDAQ:CLAR) and Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Do analysts rate CLAR or FNKO?

Clarus presently has a consensus price target of $5.10, indicating a potential upside of 66.34%. Funko has a consensus price target of $9.88, indicating a potential upside of 153.53%. Given Funko's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Funko is more favorable than Clarus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clarus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Funko	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CLAR or FNKO?

Clarus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clarus, 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
Clarus	$255.44M	0.46	-$10.15M	-$2.07	-1.48
Funko	$1.02B	0.21	-$154.08M	-$0.37	-10.53

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CLAR or FNKO?

90.3% of Clarus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Funko shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of Clarus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Funko shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CLAR or FNKO more profitable?

Clarus has a net margin of 1.80% compared to Funko's net margin of -2.29%. Clarus' return on equity of -2.17% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clarus	1.80%	-2.17%	-1.64%
Funko	-2.29%	-3.44%	-1.04%

Does the media favor CLAR or FNKO?

In the previous week, Funko had 18 more articles in the media than Clarus. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Funko and 5 mentions for Clarus. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Clarus' score of 0.19 indicating that Funko is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clarus	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Funko	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CLAR or FNKO?

Clarus has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CLAR or FNKO?

Clarus received 61 more outperform votes than Funko when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.16% of users gave Clarus an outperform vote while only 59.91% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clarus	Outperform Votes 333 64.16%	Underperform Votes 186 35.84%
Funko	Outperform Votes 272 59.91%	Underperform Votes 182 40.09%

Summary

Clarus beats Funko on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.