Solo Brands (DTC) Competitors

Solo Brands (NYSE:DTC) and FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is DTC or KBSX more profitable?

FST has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Solo Brands' net margin of -42.03%. Solo Brands' return on equity of 4.16% beat FST's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solo Brands	-42.03%	4.16%	2.23%
FST	N/A	N/A	-8.81%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DTC or KBSX?

84.5% of Solo Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of FST shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Solo Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of FST shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer DTC or KBSX?

In the previous week, FST had 1 more articles in the media than Solo Brands. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for FST and 0 mentions for Solo Brands. FST's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Solo Brands' score of 0.00 indicating that FST is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Solo Brands	Neutral
FST	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DTC or KBSX?

Solo Brands received 21 more outperform votes than FST when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Solo Brands	Outperform Votes 21 45.65%	Underperform Votes 25 54.35%
FST	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend DTC or KBSX?

Solo Brands currently has a consensus target price of $1.18, suggesting a potential upside of 1,144.70%. Given Solo Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Solo Brands is more favorable than FST.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solo Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
FST	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DTC or KBSX?

FST has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Solo Brands. FST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Solo Brands, 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
Solo Brands	$454.55M	0.02	-$111.35M	-$1.93	-0.05
FST	$33.94M	0.37	$430K	-$0.35	-5.26

Which has more risk & volatility, DTC or KBSX?

Solo Brands has a beta of 2.86, suggesting that its share price is 186% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FST has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Solo Brands beats FST on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.