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Franklin Wireless (FKWL) Competitors

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FKWL vs. VUZI, ICG, OST, MRAM, CSLR, INSG, MX, LPTH, ONDS, and REKR

Should you be buying Franklin Wireless stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Wireless include Vuzix (VUZI), Intchains Group (ICG), Ostin Technology Group (OST), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), Complete Solaria (CSLR), Inseego (INSG), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), Ondas (ONDS), and Rekor Systems (REKR). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

Franklin Wireless vs.

Franklin Wireless (NASDAQ:FKWL) and Vuzix (NASDAQ:VUZI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Vuzix received 354 more outperform votes than Franklin Wireless when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Vuzix an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Franklin Wireless an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Franklin WirelessOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
1
100.00%
VuzixOutperform Votes
354
68.87%
Underperform Votes
160
31.13%

Vuzix has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.84%. Given Vuzix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vuzix is more favorable than Franklin Wireless.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franklin Wireless
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Vuzix
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Franklin Wireless has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vuzix has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Franklin Wireless had 1 more articles in the media than Vuzix. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Franklin Wireless and 2 mentions for Vuzix. Vuzix's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Franklin Wireless' score of -0.31 indicating that Vuzix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Franklin Wireless
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Vuzix
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

18.5% of Franklin Wireless shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Vuzix shares are held by institutional investors. 31.1% of Franklin Wireless shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Vuzix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Franklin Wireless has a net margin of -5.06% compared to Vuzix's net margin of -1,437.17%. Franklin Wireless' return on equity of -5.91% beat Vuzix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Wireless-5.06% -5.91% -4.33%
Vuzix -1,437.17%-139.39%-131.18%

Franklin Wireless has higher revenue and earnings than Vuzix. Franklin Wireless is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vuzix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Wireless$43.44M1.13-$3.96M-$0.14-29.65
Vuzix$5.33M34.39-$50.15M-$1.03-2.33

Summary

Vuzix beats Franklin Wireless on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FKWL vs. The Competition

MetricFranklin WirelessTelephone & telegraph apparatus IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$49.24M$1.48B$25.32B$8.44B
Dividend YieldN/A4.14%2.89%4.11%
P/E Ratio-22.0024.5344.7619.78
Price / Sales1.131.172,070.67118.91
Price / CashN/A23.2634.7834.62
Price / Book1.345.336.714.52
Net Income-$3.96M$4.68M$739.31M$248.23M
7 Day Performance-5.66%-3.74%0.03%0.81%
1 Month Performance-14.59%9.54%13.86%13.32%
1 Year Performance34.34%1.71%52,710.48%7.69%

Franklin Wireless Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FKWL
Franklin Wireless
1.0338 of 5 stars
$4.18
+1.2%
N/A+35.3%$49.24M$43.44M-22.0080Analyst Downgrade
VUZI
Vuzix
0.1381 of 5 stars
$2.60
+23.8%
$2.00
-23.1%
+52.9%$198.23M$5.75M-2.10110High Trading Volume
ICG
Intchains Group
3.0964 of 5 stars
$2.68
+2.7%
$9.50
+254.5%
-66.7%$160.75M$281.77M24.37133News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
OST
Ostin Technology Group
0.5767 of 5 stars
$4.35
-0.7%
N/A+18.2%$158.87M$32.46M0.00260High Trading Volume
MRAM
Everspin Technologies
2.0276 of 5 stars
$6.16
+1.0%
$8.00
+29.9%
+2.5%$138.40M$49.11M102.6790
CSLR
Complete Solaria
N/AN/A$6.00
+∞
N/A$133.15M$40.80M0.00151Gap Down
High Trading Volume
INSG
Inseego
2.8524 of 5 stars
$7.85
+0.1%
$13.00
+65.6%
+22.3%$117.80M$191.24M-12.66410Analyst Downgrade
MX
Magnachip Semiconductor
2.8028 of 5 stars
$3.24
-3.0%
$6.00
+85.2%
-21.9%$116.85M$231.74M-2.79900Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LPTH
LightPath Technologies
2.23 of 5 stars
$2.72
+4.2%
$4.88
+79.2%
+81.0%$116.69M$32.16M-11.33330News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
ONDS
Ondas
2.5247 of 5 stars
$0.86
+4.1%
$3.25
+276.3%
+18.1%$115.27M$7.19M-1.2070
REKR
Rekor Systems
0.35 of 5 stars
$1.02
-4.7%
N/A-37.4%$113.13M$46.03M-1.57250Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FKWL) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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