Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:TBCH) & Vislink Technologies (NASDAQ:VISL) Head to Head Contrast

Vislink Technologies (NASDAQ:VISL) and Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:TBCH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Vislink Technologies and Turtle Beach’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vislink Technologies	-26.51%	-24.09%	-19.12%
Turtle Beach	1.41%	9.18%	3.88%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Vislink Technologies and Turtle Beach, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vislink Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Turtle Beach	0	0	2	0	3.00

Turtle Beach has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 91.30%. Given Turtle Beach’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Turtle Beach is more favorable than Vislink Technologies.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

8.7% of Vislink Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Turtle Beach shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Vislink Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Turtle Beach shares are held 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Vislink Technologies and Turtle Beach”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vislink Technologies	$32.44 million	0.18	-$9.13 million	($3.53)	-0.67
Turtle Beach	$372.77 million	0.62	-$17.68 million	$0.77	14.94

Vislink Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Turtle Beach. Vislink Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Turtle Beach, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Vislink Technologies has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Turtle Beach has a beta of 2.27, meaning that its stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Turtle Beach beats Vislink Technologies on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vislink Technologies

Vislink Technologies, Inc. provides solutions for collecting live news, sports, entertainment, and news events for the broadcast markets in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company offers live production products and solutions, such as wireless camera transmitter and receiver products comprising HCAM, a 4K Ultra HD-capable on-camera wireless system; Quantum, an ultra-low latency and waveform agnostic central receiver; IP Link 3.0, a studio-transmitter link system that enables broadcasting service platforms to access monetization opportunities; ViewBack is a lightweight, low-power, low latency, dual-channel diversity receiver-decoder; ultra-compact onboard solutions; and other receiver products, including CRx6, and CIRAS-X6. It also provides WMT line of mobile encoders and TerraLink rack encoders for live streaming over 4G and 5G, and systems developed using AI technologies; and TrolleyLive Remote Pro, an all-in-one production unit for remote live broadcasts. In addition, the company offers mil/gov products and solution, including Vislink Airborne Video Downlink System, a comprehensive aerial-based video transmission solution that delivers real-time surveillance; AeroLink which supports broadcast/ENG applications for transmitting air-based feeds from breaking news and sporting events; Aero5, an airborne downlink transmitter; HHT3 and Mobil Commander, a handheld receivers/monitors designed for tactical situations; and wireless microwave equipment. It serves its products to news and live broadcasting; sports and entertainment; military, law enforcement, and public safety; and industry, corporate, and house of worship sectors. The company was formerly known as xG Technology, Inc. and changed its name to Vislink Technologies, Inc. in February 2019. Vislink Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Mt. Olive, New Jersey.

About Turtle Beach

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.