Funko (FNKO) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ESCA or FNKO?

65.2% of Escalade shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Funko shares are held by institutional investors. 28.8% of Escalade shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Funko shares are held 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, ESCA or FNKO?

Escalade has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ESCA or FNKO?

Escalade has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Escalade, 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
Escalade	$249.69M	0.78	$9.83M	$0.98	14.48
Funko	$1.02B	0.27	-$154.08M	-$0.37	-13.82

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ESCA or FNKO?

Funko received 30 more outperform votes than Escalade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave Escalade an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Escalade	Outperform Votes 242 64.71%	Underperform Votes 132 35.29%
Funko	Outperform Votes 272 59.78%	Underperform Votes 183 40.22%

Do analysts rate ESCA or FNKO?

Funko has a consensus target price of $9.88, indicating a potential upside of 93.06%. Given Funko's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Funko is more favorable than Escalade.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Escalade	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Funko	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is ESCA or FNKO more profitable?

Escalade has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Funko's net margin of -2.29%. Escalade's return on equity of 7.17% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Escalade	5.20%	7.17%	4.79%
Funko	-2.29%	-3.44%	-1.04%

Does the media refer more to ESCA or FNKO?

In the previous week, Funko had 2 more articles in the media than Escalade. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Funko and 8 mentions for Escalade. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Escalade's score of -0.54 indicating that Funko is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Escalade	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Funko	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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