LRAD vs. GNSS, KOSS, KUKE, NFTG, PLBY, WFCF, NTZ, CLOE, NHTC, and BODI
Should you be buying LRAD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LRAD include Genasys (GNSS), Koss (KOSS), Kuke Music (KUKE), NFT Gaming (NFTG), PLBY Group (PLBY), Where Food Comes From (WFCF), Natuzzi (NTZ), Clover Leaf Capital (CLOE), Natural Health Trends (NHTC), and Beachbody (BODI). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Genasys (NASDAQ:GNSS) and LRAD (NASDAQ:LRAD) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
40.0% of Genasys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.6% of LRAD shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Genasys shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of LRAD shares are held 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.
Genasys has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LRAD has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LRAD has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
LRAD received 163 more outperform votes than Genasys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.60% of users gave LRAD an outperform vote while only 44.74% of users gave Genasys an outperform vote.
Genasys currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 61.29%. Given LRAD's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Genasys is more favorable than LRAD.
LRAD has a net margin of 1.29% compared to LRAD's net margin of -53.32%. Genasys' return on equity of 1.25% beat LRAD's return on equity.
In the previous week, Genasys and Genasys both had 2 articles in the media. LRAD's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Genasys' score of 0.00 indicating that Genasys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
LRAD beats Genasys on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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