Contrasting ANTA Sports Products (OTCMKTS:ANPDY) and FST (NASDAQ:KBSX)

ANTA Sports Products (OTCMKTS:ANPDY) and FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for ANTA Sports Products and FST, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ANTA Sports Products	0	0	0	0	0.00
FST	1	0	1	0	2.00

FST has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 320.61%. Given FST’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FST is more favorable than ANTA Sports Products.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ANTA Sports Products and FST”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ANTA Sports Products	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.92	16.48
FST	$47.97 million	0.75	-$1.50 million	($0.01)	-95.10

ANTA Sports Products has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FST. FST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ANTA Sports Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares ANTA Sports Products and FST’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ANTA Sports Products	N/A	N/A	N/A
FST	-0.90%	1.66%	0.40%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of ANTA Sports Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of FST shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of FST shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

FST beats ANTA Sports Products on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ANTA Sports Products

ANTA Sports Products Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, design, manufacturing, and marketing of shoes, apparel, and accessories in the Mainland of China, Hong Kong, Macao, and internationally. The company's products portfolio includes running, cross-training, basketball, professional competition, training, physical education classes, outdoor sports, triathlon, golf, skiing, camping, hiking, urban outdoor, tennis, and other sports under the FILA, FILA KIDS, FILA FUSION, AMER, KOLON SPORT, ANTA, DESCENTE, and ANTA KIDS brands. It provides management, product design, logistics, and information technology services; manufactures shoe soles; holds trademarks; and develops and manages properties. It is also involved in the exporting and importing activities; and retailing of sporting goods. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Jinjiang, the People's Republic of China.

About FST

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.