Head-To-Head Comparison: JE Cleantech (NASDAQ:JCSE) & Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT)

JE Cleantech (NASDAQ:JCSE – Get Rating) and Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT – Get Rating) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares JE Cleantech and Daktronics’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

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JE Cleantech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Daktronics.

Profitability

This table compares JE Cleantech and Daktronics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.5% of JE Cleantech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Daktronics shares are held by institutional investors. 64.0% of JE Cleantech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Daktronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for JE Cleantech and Daktronics, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

Risk and Volatility

JE Cleantech has a beta of -0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 171% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daktronics has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JE Cleantech beats Daktronics on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About JE Cleantech

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JE Cleantech Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells cleaning systems for various industrial end-use applications in Singapore, Malaysia, and internationally. It provides various cleaning systems and other equipment, including aqueous washing systems, plating and cleaning systems, train cleaning systems, and filtration units. The company also offers centralized dishwashing services for food and beverage establishments, such as food courts, hawker centers, cookhouses, eldercare homes, and hospitals, as well as general cleaning services for food courts. In addition, it leases dishware washing equipment. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Singapore. JE Cleantech Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of JE Cleantech Global Limited.

About Daktronics

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Daktronics, Inc. engages in designing and manufacturing electronic scoreboards, programmable display systems and large screen video displays for sporting, commercial and transportation applications. It operates through the following segments: Commercial, Live Events, High School Park and Recreation, Transportation, and International. The Commercial segment sells video, display systems, digital billboards, Galaxy, and Fuelight product lines to resellers, out-of-home companies, national retailers, quick-serve restaurants, casinos, shopping centers, cruise ships, commercial building owners, and petroleum retailers. The Live Events segment provides scoring and video display systems to college and professional sports facilities and convention centers and the sale of mobile display technology to video rental organizations and other live events type venues. The High School Park and Recreation segment engages in the sale of scoring systems, Galaxy displays, and video display systems to primary and secondary education facilities. The Transportation segment consists of sales of Vanguard and Galaxy product lines to governmental transportation departments, airlines, and other transportation re

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