Analyzing FST (KBSX) and Its Rivals

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
FST	$36.50 million	$430,000.00	-4.43
FST Competitors	$14.15 billion	$71.35 million	35.27

FST’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than FST. FST 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FST	N/A	N/A	-8.81%
FST Competitors	11.22%	-48.18%	1.91%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

50.8% of FST shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by institutional investors. 54.6% of FST shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

FST has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FST’s rivals have a beta of -0.05, meaning that their average stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FST rivals beat FST on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

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.