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KOSS vs. ESCA, SRM, AOUT, CLAR, GNSS, DTC, KBSX, YYAI, MICS, and FTEL

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

Koss vs. Its Competitors

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Koss$12.27M4.01-$950K-$0.08-65.63
Escalade$251.51M0.79$12.99M$0.9814.63

Escalade has a net margin of 5.54% compared to Koss' net margin of -6.06%. Escalade's return on equity of 7.49% beat Koss' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Koss-6.06% -2.44% -2.01%
Escalade 5.54%7.49%5.39%

In the previous week, Koss had 8 more articles in the media than Escalade. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Koss and 12 mentions for Escalade. Escalade's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Koss' score of 0.01 indicating that Escalade is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

Koss has a beta of -1.6, meaning that its share price is 260% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Escalade has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Escalade beats Koss on 10 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 KOSS 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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KOSS vs. The Competition

MetricKossAUDIO/VIDEO PRD IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$49.25M$16.75B$8.21B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A1.08%3.29%4.13%
P/E Ratio-65.636.9120.9119.90
Price / Sales4.011.664.19165.00
Price / CashN/A30.5517.1957.06
Price / Book1.562.064.595.38
Net Income-$950K$705.49M$212.83M$248.50M
7 Day Performance3.96%3.67%4.75%2.99%
1 Month Performance-8.54%26.03%11.07%6.03%
1 Year Performance20.41%50.13%10.70%20.40%

Koss Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KOSS
Koss
1.1818 of 5 stars
$5.25
+3.8%
N/A+10.2%$49.25M$12.27M-65.6330Trending News
ESCA
Escalade
4.415 of 5 stars
$13.87
-0.2%
N/A+2.8%$191.64M$251.51M14.15590News Coverage
Gap Up
SRM
SRM Entertainment
0.6922 of 5 stars
$9.43
-14.6%
N/A+489.1%$190.37M$4.31M-37.72N/AHigh Trading Volume
AOUT
American Outdoor Brands
3.4219 of 5 stars
$10.43
-4.0%
$15.50
+48.6%
+24.1%$138.43M$201.10M-29.80320Earnings Report
CLAR
Clarus
4.3896 of 5 stars
$3.53
+0.6%
$5.10
+44.5%
-44.1%$134.79M$264.32M-1.71900
GNSS
Genasys
3.9487 of 5 stars
$1.54
-0.6%
$5.33
+246.3%
-22.9%$69.99M$24.01M-2.41170
DTC
Solo Brands
3.3611 of 5 stars
$0.26
+0.8%
$1.18
+351.9%
-85.8%$23.99M$454.55M-0.08300Positive News
KBSX
FST
N/A$1.80
-14.3%
N/AN/A$14.25M$36.50M-5.14N/APositive News
Gap Up
YYAI
Connexa Sports Technologies
1.0513 of 5 stars
$0.84
+5.8%
N/A-89.2%$11.62M$8.40M-0.078
MICS
Singing Machine
N/A$2.65
-2.9%
N/A+115.9%$11.18M$29.05M0.0027
FTEL
Fitell
0.902 of 5 stars
$0.48
-4.0%
N/A-98.3%$10.35M$4.47M0.0011Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:KOSS) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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