FKWL vs. DZSI, SONM, CLRO, AKTS, MINM, MRDB, CREX, LINK, NEON, and DTST
Should you be buying Franklin Wireless stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Wireless include DZS (DZSI), Sonim Technologies (SONM), ClearOne (CLRO), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), Minim (MINM), MariaDB (MRDB), Creative Realities (CREX), Interlink Electronics (LINK), Neonode (NEON), and Data Storage (DTST). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Franklin Wireless (NASDAQ:FKWL) and DZS (NASDAQ:DZSI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Franklin Wireless has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DZS has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DZS has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Franklin Wireless' net margin of -5.03%. DZS's return on equity of 0.00% beat Franklin Wireless' return on equity.
In the previous week, DZS had 2 more articles in the media than Franklin Wireless. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for DZS and 0 mentions for Franklin Wireless. DZS's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Franklin Wireless' score of 0.00 indicating that DZS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Franklin Wireless has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DZS. Franklin Wireless is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DZS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DZS received 211 more outperform votes than Franklin Wireless when rated by MarketBeat users.
18.5% of Franklin Wireless shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of DZS shares are held by institutional investors. 29.6% of Franklin Wireless shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of DZS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DZS has a consensus price target of $6.67, indicating a potential upside of 278.79%. Given DZS's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DZS is more favorable than Franklin Wireless.
Summary
DZS beats Franklin Wireless on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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