Head to Head Contrast: Turtle Beach (TBCH) versus Its Peers

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

Risk & Volatility

Turtle Beach has a beta of 2.27, suggesting that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Turtle Beach’s rivals have a beta of -8.07, suggesting that their average share price is 907% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Turtle Beach	$372.77 million	-$17.68 million	13.65
Turtle Beach Competitors	$399.59 million	-$90.17 million	8.56

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

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%

Institutional and Insider 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of shares of all “Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets 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	2	0	3.00
Turtle Beach Competitors	229	486	1025	50	2.50

Turtle Beach currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 109.32%. As a group, “Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 55.03%. Given Turtle Beach’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Turtle Beach is more favorable than its rivals.

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.