FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) & YETI (NYSE:YETI) Financial Survey

YETI (NYSE:YETI) and FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for YETI and FST, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YETI	0	4	13	0	2.76
FST	0	0	1	0	3.00

YETI currently has a consensus price target of $55.27, suggesting a potential upside of 28.43%. FST has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 186.94%. Given FST’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FST is more favorable than YETI.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares YETI and FST”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
YETI	$1.87 billion	1.68	$165.39 million	$2.29	18.79
FST	$47.97 million	1.10	-$1.50 million	($0.01)	-139.40

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

Profitability

This table compares YETI and FST’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YETI	9.24%	23.79%	12.44%
FST	-0.90%	1.66%	0.40%

Volatility and Risk

YETI has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FST has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

50.9% of FST shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of YETI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of FST shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

YETI beats FST on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About YETI

YETI Holdings, Inc. designs, retails, and distributes products for the outdoor and recreation market under the YETI brand. It offers coolers and equipment, including hard and soft coolers, cargo, bags, outdoor living, and associated accessories, as well as backpacks, duffel bags, luggage, packing cubes, carryalls, camp chairs, blankets, dog beds, dog bowls, and gear cases under the LoadOut, Panga, Crossroads, Camino, Hondo Base, Trailhead, Lowlands, Boomer, and SideKick Dry brands. The company also provides drinkware products, such as colsters, lowballs, wine tumblers, stackable pints, mugs, tumblers, straw mugs and cups, bottles, jugs, and water bottles, as well as accessories comprising bottle straw and chug caps, lids, straw lids, color packs, tumbler handles, and jug mounts under the Rambler brand. In addition, it offers apparel and gear products, such as hats, shirts, bottle openers, and ice substitutes. The company sells its products through independent retailers, including outdoor specialty, hardware, sporting goods, and farm and ranch supply stores, as well as through its Website, YETI.com. It operates in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, and Japan. YETI Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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.