Ohio Art (OTCMKTS:OART) & FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) Financial Comparison

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

Profitability

This table compares FST and Ohio Art’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%
Ohio Art	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

FST has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ohio Art has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for FST and Ohio Art, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FST	1	0	1	0	2.00
Ohio Art	0	0	0	0	0.00

FST presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 314.08%. Given FST’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FST is more favorable than Ohio Art.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

50.9% of FST shares are held by institutional investors. 54.6% of FST shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of Ohio Art shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares FST and Ohio Art”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FST	$47.97 million	0.76	-$1.50 million	($0.01)	-96.60
Ohio Art	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ohio Art has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FST.

Summary

FST beats Ohio Art on 9 of the 10 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 Ohio Art

The Ohio Art Company, Inc. offers lithography services for metal packaging and products. It provides custom metal signs, metal prints, custom tins, and metal packaging services. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Bryan, Ohio.