DAKT vs. FARO, MLAB, VPG, COHR, BMI, ITRI, CGNX, OSIS, HI, and ARRY
Should you be buying Daktronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Daktronics include FARO Technologies (FARO), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Coherent (COHR), Badger Meter (BMI), Itron (ITRI), Cognex (CGNX), OSI Systems (OSIS), Hillenbrand (HI), and Array Technologies (ARRY).
Daktronics vs.
Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) and FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
Daktronics has a net margin of 3.62% compared to FARO Technologies' net margin of -1.87%. Daktronics' return on equity of 19.61% beat FARO Technologies' return on equity.
Daktronics currently has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 82.07%. FARO Technologies has a consensus target price of $35.50, indicating a potential downside of 16.67%. Given Daktronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Daktronics is more favorable than FARO Technologies.
Daktronics has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FARO Technologies has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FARO Technologies received 146 more outperform votes than Daktronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.13% of users gave Daktronics an outperform vote while only 63.14% of users gave FARO Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, FARO Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Daktronics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FARO Technologies and 3 mentions for Daktronics. Daktronics' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat FARO Technologies' score of 1.24 indicating that Daktronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
61.7% of Daktronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of FARO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Daktronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of FARO Technologies shares are held by 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.
Daktronics has higher revenue and earnings than FARO Technologies. FARO Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daktronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Daktronics beats FARO Technologies on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DAKT) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
