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FST (KBSX) Competitors

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$1.72 +0.05 (+2.99%)
As of 08/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

KBSX vs. TRON, ESCA, FNKO, CLAR, AOUT, GNSS, YYAI, KOSS, DTC, and FTEL

Should you be buying FST stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FST include Tron (TRON), Escalade (ESCA), Funko (FNKO), Clarus (CLAR), American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), Genasys (GNSS), Connexa Sports Technologies (YYAI), Koss (KOSS), Solo Brands (DTC), and Fitell (FTEL). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.

FST vs. Its Competitors

FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) and Tron (NASDAQ:TRON) are both small-cap recreation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FST$36.50M1.78-$3.23M-$0.35-4.91
Tron$4.31M40.54-$4.34M-$0.19-27.47

In the previous week, Tron had 8 more articles in the media than FST. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Tron and 4 mentions for FST. FST's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Tron's score of 0.17 indicating that FST is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FST
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Tron
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

FST has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tron has a beta of 14.2, indicating that its share price is 1,320% more volatile than the S&P 500.

50.9% of FST shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Tron shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of FST shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Tron shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

FST has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Tron's net margin of -30.45%. Tron's return on equity of -4.12% beat FST's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FSTN/A -128.72% -6.67%
Tron -30.45%-4.12%-3.96%

Summary

FST beats Tron on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KBSX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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KBSX vs. The Competition

MetricFSTUNCLASSIFIED IndustryManufacturing SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$63.04M$179.80M$2.59B$9.61B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.55%4.10%
P/E Ratio-4.911.8922.0126.04
Price / Sales1.78147.5873.81103.72
Price / Cash72.6373.4723.4758.48
Price / Book5.06163.9031.916.61
Net Income-$3.23M-$1.39M$31.01M$265.56M
7 Day Performance2.99%0.83%1.04%1.95%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-4.19%1.14%-0.37%
1 Year PerformanceN/A93.62%29.20%19.02%

FST Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBSX
FST
N/A$1.72
+3.0%
N/AN/A$63.04M$36.50M-4.91N/ANews Coverage
TRON
Tron
N/A$6.82
-2.3%
N/A+540.5%$233.61M$4.31M-35.89N/ATrending News
ESCA
Escalade
4.2605 of 5 stars
$12.15
-2.3%
N/A+1.5%$171.72M$251.51M13.35590
FNKO
Funko
3.2554 of 5 stars
$2.78
+4.9%
$9.13
+228.2%
-69.9%$146.72M$1.05B-2.301,283
CLAR
Clarus
4.4528 of 5 stars
$3.39
flat
$4.75
+40.1%
-18.7%$130.18M$264.32M-1.58900Gap Up
AOUT
American Outdoor Brands
2.9404 of 5 stars
$9.65
-1.2%
$15.00
+55.4%
+18.6%$124.64M$222.32M-964.04320News Coverage
GNSS
Genasys
3.9914 of 5 stars
$1.85
+12.8%
$5.33
+188.3%
-36.3%$74.05M$24.01M-2.94170High Trading Volume
YYAI
Connexa Sports Technologies
0.5586 of 5 stars
$4.23
+2.9%
N/A-30.2%$59.85M$12.82M-0.378News Coverage
Gap Down
KOSS
Koss
0.8373 of 5 stars
$5.69
+4.0%
N/A-30.5%$51.29M$12.43M-71.1330Upcoming Earnings
DTC
Solo Brands
3.487 of 5 stars
$10.00
-7.4%
$40.00
+300.0%
-82.9%$23.08M$446.48M-0.12300News Coverage
Positive News
FTEL
Fitell
0.2358 of 5 stars
$0.48
-3.6%
N/A-96.7%$10.44M$4.47M0.0011Short Interest ↓
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:KBSX) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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