DAKT vs. MLAB, FARO, VPG, COHR, BMI, CGNX, ITRI, OSIS, HI, and ARRY
Should you be buying Daktronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Daktronics include Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), FARO Technologies (FARO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Coherent (COHR), Badger Meter (BMI), Cognex (CGNX), Itron (ITRI), OSI Systems (OSIS), Hillenbrand (HI), and Array Technologies (ARRY).
Daktronics vs.
Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) and Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
61.7% of Daktronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of Mesa Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Daktronics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Mesa Laboratories shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Daktronics pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Mesa Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Daktronics pays out -100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mesa Laboratories pays out -1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Daktronics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Daktronics had 8 more articles in the media than Mesa Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Daktronics and 4 mentions for Mesa Laboratories. Mesa Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Daktronics' score of 0.23 indicating that Mesa Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Daktronics has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mesa Laboratories has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Daktronics received 13 more outperform votes than Mesa Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.13% of users gave Daktronics an outperform vote while only 63.90% of users gave Mesa Laboratories an outperform vote.
Daktronics has a net margin of 3.62% compared to Mesa Laboratories' net margin of -104.92%. Mesa Laboratories' return on equity of 30.23% beat Daktronics' return on equity.
Daktronics has higher revenue and earnings than Mesa Laboratories. Daktronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mesa Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Daktronics presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 106.51%. Mesa Laboratories has a consensus target price of $140.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.83%. Given Daktronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Daktronics is more favorable than Mesa Laboratories.
Summary
Daktronics beats Mesa Laboratories on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DAKT) was last updated on 3/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
