Contrasting Turtle Beach (TBCH) & Its Peers

Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:TBCH) is one of 41 public companies in the “Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Turtle Beach to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Turtle Beach and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Turtle Beach	1.41%	9.18%	3.88%
Turtle Beach Competitors	-18.70%	-50.08%	-5.05%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Turtle Beach and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Turtle Beach	$326.23 million	-$17.68 million	17.74
Turtle Beach Competitors	$398.06 million	-$90.17 million	22.57

Turtle Beach’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Turtle Beach. Turtle Beach is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

67.0% of Turtle Beach shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of shares of all “Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Turtle Beach shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of shares of all “Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Turtle Beach and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Turtle Beach	0	0	1	0	3.00
Turtle Beach Competitors	223	480	1015	49	2.50

Turtle Beach currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.73%. As a group, “Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 30.93%. Given Turtle Beach’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Turtle Beach is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility and Risk

Turtle Beach has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Turtle Beach’s rivals have a beta of -8.06, indicating that their average share price is 906% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Turtle Beach beats its rivals on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Turtle Beach Company Profile

Turtle Beach Corporation operates as an audio technology company. It develops, commercializes, and markets gaming headset solutions for various platforms, including video game and entertainment consoles, personal computers, handheld consoles, tablets, and mobile devices under the Turtle Beach brand. The company also offers gaming headsets, keyboards, mice, mousepads, and other accessories for the personal computer peripherals market under the brand of ROCCAT, as well as digital USB and analog microphones under the Neat Microphones brand. It serves retailers, distributors, and other customers in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York.