DZSI vs. FKWL, SONM, AKTS, PEGY, JCS, CLRO, MINM, AUDC, FN, and CIEN
Should you be buying DZS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DZS include Franklin Wireless (FKWL), Sonim Technologies (SONM), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), Pineapple Energy (PEGY), Communications Systems (JCS), ClearOne (CLRO), Minim (MINM), AudioCodes (AUDC), Fabrinet (FN), and Ciena (CIEN).
Franklin Wireless (NASDAQ:FKWL) and DZS (NASDAQ:DZSI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
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 212 more outperform votes than Franklin Wireless when rated by MarketBeat users.
DZS has a net margin of 0.00% compared to DZS's net margin of -9.13%. Franklin Wireless' return on equity of 0.00% beat DZS's return on equity.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DZS has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 342.18%. Given Franklin Wireless' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DZS is more favorable than Franklin Wireless.
In the previous week, Franklin Wireless and Franklin Wireless both had 2 articles in the media. Franklin Wireless' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat DZS's score of 1.43 indicating that DZS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Franklin Wireless has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DZS has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DZS beats Franklin Wireless on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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