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FST (KBSX) Competitors

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$1.57 +0.02 (+0.96%)
As of 10/24/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

KBSX vs. FNKO, ESCA, CLAR, TRON, GNSS, AOUT, KOSS, DTC, KMRK, and MICS

Should you be buying FST stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FST include Funko (FNKO), Escalade (ESCA), Clarus (CLAR), Tron (TRON), Genasys (GNSS), American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), Koss (KOSS), Solo Brands (DTC), K-Tech Solutions (KMRK), and Singing Machine (MICS). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.

FST vs. Its Competitors

Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) and FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) are both small-cap recreation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

99.2% of Funko shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of FST shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Funko shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of FST shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Funko has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FST has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Funko had 6 more articles in the media than FST. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Funko and 2 mentions for FST. FST's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Funko's score of 0.39 indicating that FST is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Funko Neutral
FST Very Positive

FST has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Funko's net margin of -6.72%. FST's return on equity of 0.00% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Funko-6.72% -19.97% -6.15%
FST N/A N/A N/A

FST has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Funko. FST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Funko, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Funko$970.70M0.19-$14.72M-$1.21-2.71
FST$40.86M1.45-$3.23M-$0.35-4.49

Funko presently has a consensus target price of $7.17, suggesting a potential upside of 118.50%. Given Funko's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Funko is more favorable than FST.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Funko
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
FST
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Summary

Funko and FST tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KBSX vs. The Competition

MetricFSTUNCLASSIFIED IndustryManufacturing SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$58.70M$178.03M$2.56B$10.69B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.50%4.82%
P/E Ratio-4.497.5122.4030.77
Price / Sales1.45142.90108.08174.94
Price / Cash67.6371.0643.6761.44
Price / Book2.5759.5933.126.61
Net Income-$3.23M-$1.39M$6.87M$277.10M
7 Day Performance2.82%-1.01%1.14%2.56%
1 Month Performance5.02%-0.45%1.43%3.77%
1 Year PerformanceN/A96.84%86.32%33.01%

FST Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBSX
FST
0.3921 of 5 stars
$1.57
+1.0%
N/AN/A$58.70M$40.86M-4.49N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FNKO
Funko
2.8448 of 5 stars
$2.94
-5.2%
$7.17
+143.8%
-72.4%$171.63M$1.05B-2.431,283Analyst Forecast
ESCA
Escalade
4.4409 of 5 stars
$11.82
flat
N/A-9.8%$163.16M$251.51M12.99590Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CLAR
Clarus
4.5403 of 5 stars
$3.29
-1.5%
$4.75
+44.4%
-14.4%$128.26M$264.32M-1.53900News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TRON
Tron
0.2181 of 5 stars
$3.09
-1.9%
N/A+236.7%$105.42M$4.23M-16.26N/ATrending News
Analyst Forecast
GNSS
Genasys
3.7325 of 5 stars
$2.16
+1.4%
$5.75
+166.2%
-43.6%$96.18M$24.01M-3.43170Positive News
AOUT
American Outdoor Brands
3.2756 of 5 stars
$7.43
-1.3%
$19.00
+155.7%
-20.3%$95.31M$222.32M-20.08320News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
KOSS
Koss
0.5703 of 5 stars
$4.91
-5.2%
N/A-28.5%$48.98M$12.62M-54.5530News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
DTC
Solo Brands
2.8222 of 5 stars
$15.40
-1.0%
$40.00
+159.7%
-72.2%$35.54M$446.48M-0.19300Positive News
KMRK
K-Tech Solutions
N/A$1.39
-4.1%
N/AN/A$28.27MN/A0.0019Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MICS
Singing Machine
N/A$2.18
-1.4%
N/A+404.7%$9.20M$29.05M0.0027Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:KBSX) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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