FST (NASDAQ:KBSX – Get Free Report) 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 risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
50.9% of FST shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of shares of all “Leisure Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 54.6% of FST shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of shares of all “Leisure Products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for FST and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| FST | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| FST Competitors | 563 | 2385 | 3809 | 188 | 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 26.45%. Given FST’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FST is more favorable than its peers.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares FST and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| FST | $47.97 million | -$1.50 million | 65.45 |
| FST Competitors | $3.02 billion | $72.16 million | 575.08 |
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 | -0.90% | 1.66% | 0.40% |
| FST Competitors | -8.44% | -18.53% | -3.95% |
Volatility & Risk
FST has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FST’s peers have a beta of 1.24, indicating that their average share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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