Head to Head Review: IGO (OTCMKTS:IGOI) vs. Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:TBCH)

IGO (OTCMKTS:IGOI) and Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:TBCH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares IGO and Turtle Beach”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IGO	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turtle Beach	$372.77 million	0.91	$16.18 million	$0.94	18.18

Turtle Beach has higher revenue and earnings than IGO.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

67.0% of Turtle Beach shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of IGO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Turtle Beach shares are held 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for IGO and Turtle Beach, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IGO	0	0	0	0	0.00
Turtle Beach	1	1	3	0	2.40

Turtle Beach has a consensus target price of $17.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1.67%. Given Turtle Beach’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Turtle Beach is more favorable than IGO.

Profitability

This table compares IGO and Turtle Beach’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IGO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turtle Beach	5.53%	18.23%	7.63%

Summary

Turtle Beach beats IGO on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About IGO

iGo, Inc. engages in the provision of metallic blade products for the meat cutting, food cutting and wood cutting industries to the global market. The company was founded on May 4, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

About Turtle Beach

Turtle Beach Corporation operates as an audio technology company. It develops, commercializes, and markets gaming headset solutions for various platforms, including video game and entertainment consoles, personal computers, handheld consoles, tablets, and mobile devices under the Turtle Beach brand. The company also offers gaming headsets, keyboards, mice, mousepads, and other accessories for the personal computer peripherals market under the brand of ROCCAT, as well as digital USB and analog microphones under the Neat Microphones brand. It serves retailers, distributors, and other customers in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York.