Genasys (GNSS) Competitors

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

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

40.0% of Genasys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Funko shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Genasys shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Funko shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GNSS or FNKO?

Genasys has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genasys, 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
Genasys	$27.78M	2.55	-$31.73M	-$0.64	-2.45
Funko	$1.02B	0.28	-$154.08M	-$0.37	-14.05

Is GNSS or FNKO more profitable?

Funko has a net margin of -2.29% compared to Genasys' net margin of -109.39%. Funko's return on equity of -3.44% beat Genasys' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genasys	-109.39%	-122.99%	-53.12%
Funko	-2.29%	-3.44%	-1.04%

Do analysts recommend GNSS or FNKO?

Genasys currently has a consensus target price of $5.33, suggesting a potential upside of 239.70%. Funko has a consensus target price of $9.88, suggesting a potential upside of 89.90%. Given Genasys' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Genasys is more favorable than Funko.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genasys	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Funko	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GNSS or FNKO?

Funko received 250 more outperform votes than Genasys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.78% of users gave Funko an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Genasys an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genasys	Outperform Votes 22 50.00%	Underperform Votes 22 50.00%
Funko	Outperform Votes 272 59.78%	Underperform Votes 183 40.22%

Which has more risk and volatility, GNSS or FNKO?

Genasys has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GNSS or FNKO?

In the previous week, Funko had 11 more articles in the media than Genasys. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Funko and 4 mentions for Genasys. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Genasys' score of 0.14 indicating that Funko is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genasys	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Funko	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Funko beats Genasys on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.