Koss (KOSS) Competitors

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) and Koss (NASDAQ:KOSS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ESCA or KOSS?

65.2% of Escalade shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.2% of Koss shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.8% of Escalade shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.7% of Koss shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ESCA or KOSS a better dividend stock?

Escalade pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Koss pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Escalade pays out 61.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Koss pays out -300.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is ESCA or KOSS more profitable?

Escalade has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Koss' net margin of -6.10%. Escalade's return on equity of 7.17% beat Koss' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Escalade	5.20%	7.17%	4.79%
Koss	-6.10%	-2.42%	-2.00%

Which has more risk and volatility, ESCA or KOSS?

Escalade has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koss has a beta of -1.51, indicating that its share price is 251% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ESCA or KOSS?

In the previous week, Koss had 2 more articles in the media than Escalade. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Koss and 10 mentions for Escalade. Koss' average media sentiment score of -0.11 beat Escalade's score of -0.54 indicating that Koss is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Escalade	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Koss	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ESCA or KOSS?

Escalade has higher revenue and earnings than Koss. Koss is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Escalade, 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
Escalade	$249.69M	0.79	$9.83M	$0.98	14.58
Koss	$12.43M	4.37	-$950K	-$0.08	-72.38

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ESCA or KOSS?

Escalade received 151 more outperform votes than Koss when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.71% of users gave Escalade an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave Koss an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Escalade	Outperform Votes 242 64.71%	Underperform Votes 132 35.29%
Koss	Outperform Votes 91 43.33%	Underperform Votes 119 56.67%

Summary

Escalade beats Koss on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.