Financial Survey: Koss (KOSS) vs. The Competition

Koss (NASDAQ:KOSS) is one of 150 publicly-traded companies in the “Household Durables” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Koss to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

6.2% of Koss shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.7% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are held by institutional investors. 44.3% of Koss shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Koss has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koss’ peers have a beta of 1.73, meaning that their average stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Koss and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Koss	1	0	0	0	1.00
Koss Competitors	1711	7240	8020	293	2.40

As a group, “Household Durables” companies have a potential upside of 44.92%. Given Koss’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Koss has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Koss and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Koss	-8.57%	-3.62%	-2.98%
Koss Competitors	-21.27%	-14.80%	1.07%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Koss and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Koss	$12.62 million	-$880,000.00	-33.50
Koss Competitors	$127.77 billion	$322.27 million	25.90

Koss’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Koss. Koss 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.

Summary

Koss peers beat Koss on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Koss

Koss Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of stereo headphones and related accessories in the United States, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Canada, Korea, Republic of Belgium, Malaysia, and internationally. It offers high-fidelity headphones, wireless bluetooth headphones, wireless bluetooth speakers, computer headsets, telecommunications headsets, and active noise canceling headphones. The company sells its products through distributors, international distributors, audio specialty stores, the internet, national retailers, grocery stores, electronics retailers, and prisons under the Koss name, as well as private label. It sells its products to distributors for resale to school systems, as well as directly to other manufacturers. The company markets through domestic retail outlets and numerous retailers. It exports its products. Koss Corporation was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.