Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT – Get Free Report) and Legend Power Systems (OTCMKTS:LPSIF – Get Free Report) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Daktronics and Legend Power Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Daktronics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.50 |
| Legend Power Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Daktronics currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 64.14%. Given Daktronics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Daktronics is more favorable than Legend Power Systems.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Daktronics | $756.48 million | 1.03 | -$10.12 million | ($0.44) | -36.00 |
| Legend Power Systems | N/A | N/A | N/A | ($0.04) | -1.90 |
Legend Power Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Daktronics. Daktronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legend Power Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
61.7% of Daktronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Daktronics shares are owned by 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.
Profitability
This table compares Daktronics and Legend Power Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Daktronics | -1.34% | 15.29% | 7.48% |
| Legend Power Systems | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Daktronics beats Legend Power Systems on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Daktronics
Daktronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells electronic scoreboards, programmable display systems and large screen video displays for sporting, commercial, and transportation applications in the United States and internationally. It operates through Commercial, Live Events, High School Park and Recreation, Transportation, and International segments. The company also offers video display and walls; scoreboards and timing systems; LED message displays and sings; intelligent transportation systems dynamic message signs; mass transit display; sound systems; and digital billboards and street furniture, and digit and price displays. In addition, it provides indoor dynamic messaging systems and liquid crystal display signs; and software and controllers, which includes Venus, a control suite software to control the creation of messages and graphic sequences for uploading to displays. The company sells its products through direct sales and resellers. Daktronics, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Brookings, South Dakota.
About Legend Power Systems
Legend Power Systems Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an electrical energy conservation company in Canada and the United States. It assembles, markets, and sells SmartGATE, a patented device that enables dynamic power management of commercial or industrial Buildings. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
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