LRAD (LRAD) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, LRAD or GNSS?

LRAD has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genasys has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LRAD or GNSS?

LRAD received 159 more outperform votes than Genasys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.60% of users gave LRAD an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Genasys an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LRAD	Outperform Votes 180 76.60%	Underperform Votes 55 23.40%
Genasys	Outperform Votes 21 50.00%	Underperform Votes 21 50.00%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LRAD or GNSS?

LRAD has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genasys. LRAD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genasys, 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
LRAD	$26.31M	2.65	-$3.74M	-$0.06	-35.67
Genasys	$26.59M	3.62	-$31.73M	-$0.66	-3.24

Do analysts rate LRAD or GNSS?

Genasys has a consensus target price of $5.33, indicating a potential upside of 149.22%. Given Genasys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Genasys is more favorable than LRAD.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LRAD	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Genasys	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to LRAD or GNSS?

In the previous week, Genasys had 2 more articles in the media than LRAD. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Genasys and 1 mentions for LRAD. Genasys' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat LRAD's score of 0.00 indicating that Genasys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LRAD	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Genasys	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LRAD or GNSS more profitable?

LRAD has a net margin of 1.29% compared to Genasys' net margin of -109.39%. LRAD's return on equity of 1.25% beat Genasys' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LRAD	1.29%	1.25%	1.02%
Genasys	-109.39%	-122.99%	-53.12%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LRAD or GNSS?

49.6% of LRAD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Genasys shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of LRAD shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Genasys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Genasys beats LRAD on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.