Funko (FNKO) Competitors

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

Is FNKO or JAKK more profitable?

JAKKS Pacific has a net margin of 4.29% compared to Funko's net margin of -11.46%. JAKKS Pacific's return on equity of 18.86% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Funko	-11.46%	-16.76%	-4.87%
JAKKS Pacific	4.29%	18.86%	8.55%

Do analysts rate FNKO or JAKK?

Funko currently has a consensus price target of $9.08, suggesting a potential upside of 0.48%. JAKKS Pacific has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 104.63%. Given JAKKS Pacific's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JAKKS Pacific is more favorable than Funko.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FNKO or JAKK?

JAKKS Pacific received 148 more outperform votes than Funko when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.71% of users gave JAKKS Pacific an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave Funko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Funko	Outperform Votes 262 59.55%	Underperform Votes 178 40.45%
JAKKS Pacific	Outperform Votes 410 65.71%	Underperform Votes 214 34.29%

Which has more volatility & risk, FNKO or JAKK?

Funko has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JAKKS Pacific has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, FNKO or JAKK?

JAKKS Pacific has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Funko	$1.10B	0.44	-$154.08M	-$2.51	-3.60
JAKKS Pacific	$711.56M	0.28	$38.41M	$2.72	6.83

Does the media refer more to FNKO or JAKK?

In the previous week, Funko had 6 more articles in the media than JAKKS Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Funko and 3 mentions for JAKKS Pacific. JAKKS Pacific's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Funko's score of 0.57 indicating that JAKKS Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Funko	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JAKKS Pacific	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

99.2% of Funko shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.4% of JAKKS Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Funko shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of JAKKS Pacific shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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