FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) and Interactive Strength (NASDAQ:TRNR) Financial Contrast

FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) and Interactive Strength (NASDAQ:TRNR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for FST and Interactive Strength, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FST	1	0	1	0	2.00
Interactive Strength	1	0	0	1	2.50

FST currently has a consensus target price of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 353.00%. Interactive Strength has a consensus target price of $157.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5,115.23%. Given Interactive Strength’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Interactive Strength is more favorable than FST.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.9% of FST shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Interactive Strength shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of FST shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Interactive Strength shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

FST has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interactive Strength has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares FST and Interactive Strength’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FST	-0.90%	1.66%	0.40%
Interactive Strength	-183.89%	-260.54%	-40.30%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares FST and Interactive Strength”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FST	$47.97 million	0.69	-$1.50 million	($0.01)	-88.30
Interactive Strength	$11.53 million	0.09	-$23.97 million	($438.66)	-0.01

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

Summary

FST beats Interactive Strength on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Interactive Strength

Interactive Strength Inc., doing business as FORME, operates digital fitness platform that provides connected fitness hardware products and related accessories in the United States. The company offers the Forme Studio, a fitness mirror with touchscreen display; and the Forme Studio Lift, a fitness mirror and cable-based digital resistance. It also provides video on-demand classes, and personal training and expert health coaching services. The company sells its products through retail stores, as well as online. Interactive Strength Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.