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$1.62 -0.01 (-0.86%)
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KBSX vs. FNKO, ESCA, CLAR, AOUT, TRON, GNSS, KOSS, KMRK, DTC, and YYAI

Should you be buying FST stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FST include Funko (FNKO), Escalade (ESCA), Clarus (CLAR), American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), Tron (TRON), Genasys (GNSS), Koss (KOSS), K-Tech Solutions (KMRK), Solo Brands (DTC), and Connexa Sports Technologies (YYAI). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

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$1.05B0.18-$14.72M-$1.21-2.75
FST$36.50M1.68-$3.23M-$0.35-4.63

Funko currently has a consensus price target of $7.17, suggesting a potential upside of 115.22%. Given Funko's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Funko is more favorable than FST.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Funko
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
FST
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

FST has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Funko's net margin of -6.72%. Funko's return on equity of -19.97% beat FST's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Funko-6.72% -19.97% -6.15%
FST N/A -128.72%-6.67%

99.2% of Funko shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of FST shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Funko shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of FST shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Funko has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FST has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Funko had 7 more articles in the media than FST. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Funko and 1 mentions for FST. FST's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Funko's score of 0.44 indicating that FST is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Funko Neutral
FST Positive

Summary

Funko beats FST on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KBSX vs. The Competition

MetricFSTUNCLASSIFIED IndustryManufacturing SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$61.16M$169.81M$2.55B$10.15B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.51%4.60%
P/E Ratio-4.632.0726.5325.92
Price / Sales1.6833.2885.3185.33
Price / Cash70.4570.0945.6359.91
Price / Book2.6657.2634.656.29
Net Income-$3.23M-$1.39M$16.40M$270.77M
7 Day Performance-0.61%0.83%1.75%3.36%
1 Month Performance-4.99%-0.17%4.25%6.41%
1 Year PerformanceN/A83.28%34.12%28.24%

FST Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBSX
FST
0.6036 of 5 stars
$1.62
-0.9%
N/AN/A$61.16M$36.50M-4.63N/A
FNKO
Funko
2.576 of 5 stars
$3.27
-1.8%
$9.13
+179.1%
-66.9%$184.37M$1.05B-2.701,283
ESCA
Escalade
4.0537 of 5 stars
$12.86
+0.7%
N/A-10.9%$176.27M$251.51M14.13590
CLAR
Clarus
4.7422 of 5 stars
$3.66
+0.8%
$4.75
+29.8%
-8.2%$139.40M$264.32M-1.70900
AOUT
American Outdoor Brands
3.2516 of 5 stars
$8.52
-18.1%
$15.00
+76.1%
+4.2%$132.68M$222.32M-23.03320High Trading Volume
TRON
Tron
0.4215 of 5 stars
$2.70
-22.9%
N/A+460.7%$117.14M$4.31M-14.21N/ATrending News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GNSS
Genasys
3.9334 of 5 stars
$1.98
-1.0%
$5.33
+169.4%
-34.9%$90.31M$24.01M-3.14170
KOSS
Koss
0.9179 of 5 stars
$6.15
+1.3%
N/A-14.4%$57.40M$12.62M-68.3330Short Interest ↓
KMRK
K-Tech Solutions
N/A$1.47
-6.1%
N/AN/A$30.61MN/A0.0019Gap Down
DTC
Solo Brands
2.2579 of 5 stars
$11.79
+12.3%
$40.00
+239.3%
-74.6%$27.21M$446.48M-0.14300
YYAI
Connexa Sports Technologies
0.9837 of 5 stars
$1.62
+1.9%
N/A-68.2%$23.16M$12.82M-0.148

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This page (NASDAQ:KBSX) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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