JAKKS Pacific (JAKK) Competitors

JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) and Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do analysts rate JAKK or FNKO?

JAKKS Pacific presently has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 99.16%. Funko has a consensus price target of $8.92, suggesting a potential upside of 43.82%. Given JAKKS Pacific's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe JAKKS Pacific is more favorable than Funko.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JAKKS Pacific	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Funko	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the media refer more to JAKK or FNKO?

In the previous week, JAKKS Pacific had 5 more articles in the media than Funko. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for JAKKS Pacific and 11 mentions for Funko. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat JAKKS Pacific's score of -0.18 indicating that Funko is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JAKKS Pacific	1 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Funko	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, JAKK or FNKO?

JAKKS Pacific has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JAKKS Pacific, 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
JAKKS Pacific	$711.56M	0.29	$38.41M	$2.72	7.01
Funko	$1.10B	0.30	-$154.08M	-$3.23	-1.92

Is JAKK or FNKO more profitable?

JAKKS Pacific has a net margin of 4.29% compared to Funko's net margin of -14.06%. JAKKS Pacific's return on equity of 18.85% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JAKKS Pacific	4.29%	18.85%	8.55%
Funko	-14.06%	-20.78%	-6.15%

Which has more risk and volatility, JAKK or FNKO?

JAKKS Pacific has a beta of 2.34, meaning that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JAKK or FNKO?

JAKKS Pacific received 150 more outperform votes than Funko when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.71% of users gave JAKKS Pacific an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JAKKS Pacific	Outperform Votes 410 65.71%	Underperform Votes 214 34.29%
Funko	Outperform Votes 260 59.36%	Underperform Votes 178 40.64%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of JAKK or FNKO?

44.4% of JAKKS Pacific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Funko shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of JAKKS Pacific shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Funko shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

JAKKS Pacific beats Funko on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.