Comparing FST (KBSX) & Its Rivals

FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) is one of 95 public companies in the “Leisure Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare FST to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.8% of FST shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of shares of all “Leisure Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of FST shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of shares of all “Leisure Products” companies are owned 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for FST and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FST	0	0	1	0	3.00
FST Competitors	565	2392	3815	190	2.52

FST currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 205.58%. As a group, “Leisure Products” companies have a potential upside of 25.28%. Given FST’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FST is more favorable than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

FST has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FST’s peers have a beta of 1.20, meaning that their average stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares FST and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
FST	$53.22 million	-$1.50 million	65.45
FST Competitors	$2.94 billion	$72.16 million	575.05

FST’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than FST. FST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares FST and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FST	0.92%	7.45%	1.94%
FST Competitors	-7.98%	-19.08%	-3.66%

Summary

FST beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

FST Company Profile

FST Corp. designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes steel golf shafts to golf club original equipment manufacturers and distributors worldwide. The company offers steel shafts under the KBS brand name. FST Corp.is based in Chiayi, Taiwan.