Comparing Dragonfly Energy (NASDAQ:DFLI) & Garmin (NYSE:GRMN)

Dragonfly Energy (NASDAQ:DFLI) and Garmin (NYSE:GRMN) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Dragonfly Energy and Garmin”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dragonfly Energy	$57.78 million	0.85	-$40.62 million	($31.00)	-0.13
Garmin	$6.30 billion	6.47	$1.41 billion	$8.12	26.11

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

Profitability

This table compares Dragonfly Energy and Garmin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dragonfly Energy	-60.13%	N/A	-48.66%
Garmin	22.63%	19.42%	15.73%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Dragonfly Energy and Garmin, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dragonfly Energy	1	1	1	1	2.50
Garmin	1	2	2	1	2.50

Dragonfly Energy currently has a consensus target price of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 331.03%. Garmin has a consensus target price of $244.40, indicating a potential upside of 15.29%. Given Dragonfly Energy’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Dragonfly Energy is more favorable than Garmin.

Volatility & Risk

Dragonfly Energy has a beta of -0.15, indicating that its share price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Garmin has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

8.2% of Dragonfly Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Garmin shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Dragonfly Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Garmin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Garmin beats Dragonfly Energy on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dragonfly Energy

Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. engages in the manufacturing and sale of deep cycle lithium-ion batteries for recreational vehicles, marine vessels, solar and off-grid residence industries, and industrial and energy storage markets. The company provides lithium power systems comprising solar panels, chargers and inverters, system monitoring, alternator regulators, accessories, and others. It also offers battery management systems for monitoring and controlling of battery systems and to protect battery cells from damage in various scenarios. The company provides its products under the Dragonfly Energy, Battle Born, and Wakespeed brand names. Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.

About Garmin

Garmin Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes a range of wireless devices worldwide. Its Fitness segment offers running and multi-sport watches; cycling products; smartwatch devices; scales and monitors; and fitness accessories. This segment also provides Garmin Connect and Garmin Connect Mobile, which are web and mobile platforms where users can track and analyze their fitness, activities and workouts, and wellness data; and Connect IQ, an application development platform. The company's Outdoor segment offers adventure watches, outdoor handhelds and satellite communicators, golf devices, consumer automotive devices, and dog devices, as well as InReach and Gramin response communication device. Its Aviation segment designs, manufactures, and markets various aircraft avionics solutions, including integrated flight decks, electronic flight displays and instrumentation, navigation and communication products, automatic flight control systems and safety-enhancing technologies, audio control systems, engine indication systems, traffic awareness and avoidance solutions, ADS-B and transponders, weather information and avoidance solutions, datalink and connectivity solutions, and various services. The company's Marine segment provides chartplotters and multi-function displays, cartography products, fishfinders, sonar products, autopilot systems, radars, compliant instrument displays and sensors, VHF communication radios, handhelds and wearable devices, sailing products, audio products and accessories, digital switching products, and trolling motors. Its Auto segment offers embedded domain controllers and infotainment units; and software, map database, cameras, wearables, and automotive solutions. The company sells its products through independent retailers, dealers, distributors, installation and repair shops, and original equipment manufacturers, as well as online webshop. Garmin Ltd. was founded in 1989 and is based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.