FNKO vs. JAKK, WOW, SNBR, POWW, IHRT, GHG, SGC, HNST, CDRO, and SSP
Should you be buying Funko stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Funko include JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), WideOpenWest (WOW), Sleep Number (SNBR), AMMO (POWW), iHeartMedia (IHRT), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Superior Group of Companies (SGC), Honest (HNST), Codere Online Luxembourg (CDRO), and E.W. Scripps (SSP). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) and JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
JAKKS Pacific has a net margin of 5.24% compared to Funko's net margin of -14.06%. JAKKS Pacific's return on equity of 24.69% beat Funko's return on equity.
JAKKS Pacific has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JAKKS Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Funko has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JAKKS Pacific has a beta of 2.34, suggesting that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500.
JAKKS Pacific received 150 more outperform votes than Funko when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.81% of users gave JAKKS Pacific an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.
Funko currently has a consensus target price of $8.92, indicating a potential upside of 44.28%. JAKKS Pacific has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 61.98%. Given JAKKS Pacific's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe JAKKS Pacific is more favorable than Funko.
In the previous week, Funko had 1 more articles in the media than JAKKS Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Funko and 11 mentions for JAKKS Pacific. JAKKS Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Funko's score of 0.21 indicating that JAKKS Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.2% of Funko shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of JAKKS Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Funko shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of JAKKS Pacific shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
JAKKS Pacific beats Funko on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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