Head to Head Comparison: Zumtobel Group (OTCMKTS:ZMTBY) & Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT)

Zumtobel Group (OTCMKTS:ZMTBY) and Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Zumtobel Group and Daktronics, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zumtobel Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Daktronics	0	2	1	0	2.33

Daktronics has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.39%. Given Daktronics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Daktronics is more favorable than Zumtobel Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Zumtobel Group and Daktronics”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zumtobel Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Daktronics	$756.48 million	1.19	-$10.12 million	$0.13	142.46

Zumtobel Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Daktronics.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

61.7% of Daktronics shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Daktronics shares are held by company 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.

Profitability

This table compares Zumtobel Group and Daktronics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zumtobel Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Daktronics	0.96%	15.42%	8.15%

Summary

Daktronics beats Zumtobel Group on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Zumtobel Group

Zumtobel Group AG operates in the lighting industry worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Lighting and Components. It offers a range of products and services, including light management systems, components, and luminaires, as well as professional solutions for indoor and outdoor lighting applications. The company also provides hardware and software for lighting systems, such as LED light sources, LED drivers, and sensors, as well as lighting management systems; and light contracting, design, and data-based services, as well as project management for turnkey lighting solutions. It offers its products under the Zumtobel, Thorn, and Tridonic brands. The company was formerly known as Zumtobel AG and changed its name to Zumtobel Group AG in September 2014. Zumtobel Group AG was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Dornbirn, Austria.

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.