GNSS vs. FNKO, ESCA, TRON, CLAR, AOUT, KBSX, KOSS, DTC, KMRK, and MICS
Should you be buying Genasys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genasys include Funko (FNKO), Escalade (ESCA), Tron (TRON), Clarus (CLAR), American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), FST (KBSX), Koss (KOSS), Solo Brands (DTC), K-Tech Solutions (KMRK), and Singing Machine (MICS). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.
Genasys vs. Its Competitors
Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) and Genasys (NASDAQ:GNSS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
99.2% of Funko shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Genasys shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Funko shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Genasys shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Funko has higher revenue and earnings than Genasys. Genasys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Funko, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Funko had 1 more articles in the media than Genasys. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Funko and 3 mentions for Genasys. Genasys' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Funko's score of -0.08 indicating that Genasys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Funko has a net margin of -6.72% compared to Genasys' net margin of -92.19%. Funko's return on equity of -19.97% beat Genasys' return on equity.
Funko presently has a consensus price target of $7.17, indicating a potential upside of 145.01%. Genasys has a consensus price target of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 165.59%. Given Genasys' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Genasys is more favorable than Funko.
Funko has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genasys has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Funko beats Genasys on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:GNSS) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
