Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) & Actelis Networks (NASDAQ:ASNS) Head-To-Head Analysis

Actelis Networks (NASDAQ:ASNS) and Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.4% of Actelis Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Daktronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Actelis Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Daktronics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Actelis Networks and Daktronics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Actelis Networks	-225.03%	-290.78%	-111.82%
Daktronics	5.66%	18.05%	9.68%

Risk & Volatility

Actelis Networks has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daktronics has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Actelis Networks and Daktronics, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Actelis Networks	1	1	1	0	2.00
Daktronics	0	2	2	0	2.50

Actelis Networks presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 7,042.86%. Daktronics has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.13%. Given Actelis Networks’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Actelis Networks is more favorable than Daktronics.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Actelis Networks and Daktronics”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Actelis Networks	$3.67 million	0.33	-$8.26 million	($1.91)	-0.02
Daktronics	$838.71 million	0.99	$45.38 million	$0.98	17.56

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

Summary

Daktronics beats Actelis Networks on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Actelis Networks

Actelis Networks, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of cyber hardened, hybrid fiber, networking solutions for Internet of Things and telecommunication companies in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Israel, and the Asia Pacific. It provides rapid-deployment networking solutions for wide-area IoT applications, including federal, state, and local governments; intelligent traffic systems; and military, utility, rail, telecom, and campus applications. The company’s products include ethernet access devices; network aggregator switches; and Advanced MetaLIGHT/ Gigaline element management systems software, which enables remote management, monitoring, maintenance, and configuration of the installed equipment in the network. It also offers dynamic spectral software; and access broadband equipment. It serves offers its products through system integrators, distributors, contractors, resellers, and consultants. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

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.