Head to Head Analysis: FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) and Beamz Interactive (OTCMKTS:BZIC)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for FST and Beamz Interactive, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FST	1	0	1	0	2.00
Beamz Interactive	0	0	0	0	0.00

FST presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 314.08%. Given FST’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe FST is more favorable than Beamz Interactive.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares FST and Beamz Interactive”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FST	$47.97 million	0.76	-$1.50 million	($0.01)	-96.60
Beamz Interactive	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.15)	N/A

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FST	-0.90%	1.66%	0.40%
Beamz Interactive	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

50.9% of FST shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of Beamz Interactive shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of FST shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Beamz Interactive 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

FST beats Beamz Interactive on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Beamz Interactive

Beamz Interactive, Inc. develops and sells interactive laser controller technology for various music, game, education, therapy, senior care, lighting, and consumer applications worldwide. The company's product offerings consist of the Beamz Education and Healthcare product family, which includes the Beamz EHC Professional Edition designed for use by professionals in educational or therapeutic settings, and Home Edition, which is designed to participate in making music; the Beamz By Flo consumer product family; and stand-alone software applications that work on PCs, MACs, iPhones, iPads, and Android devices without connecting to the Beamz hardware. Beamz Interactive, Inc. provides its products online, as well as directly to education markets. The company has entered into agreements with The Learning Station and Gigglebellies (Magic Factory) to adapt early learning educational and entertainment videos. The company was formerly known as HumanBeams, Inc. and changed its name to Beamz Interactive, Inc. in December 2007. Beamz Interactive, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.