Comparing Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:TBCH) and Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL)

Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:TBCH) and Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Turtle Beach	-1.07%	-2.26%	-1.00%
Dell Technologies	7.53%	-578.85%	10.64%

Risk and Volatility

Turtle Beach has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dell Technologies has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Turtle Beach and Dell Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Turtle Beach	2	1	4	0	2.29
Dell Technologies	0	9	26	1	2.78

Turtle Beach presently has a consensus price target of $16.80, suggesting a potential upside of 34.62%. Dell Technologies has a consensus price target of $553.79, suggesting a potential upside of 5.35%. Given Turtle Beach’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Turtle Beach is more favorable than Dell Technologies.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

67.0% of Turtle Beach shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of Dell Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Turtle Beach shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.5% of Dell Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Turtle Beach and Dell Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Turtle Beach	$319.91 million	0.70	$15.73 million	($0.21)	-59.43
Dell Technologies	$113.54 billion	3.00	$5.94 billion	$17.23	30.51

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

Summary

Dell Technologies beats Turtle Beach on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports various comprehensive and integrated solutions, products, and services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) and Client Solutions Group (CSG). The ISG segment provides modern and traditional storage solutions, including all-flash arrays, scale-out file, object platforms, hyper-converged infrastructure, and software-defined storage; and general-purpose and AI-optimized servers. This segment also offers networking products and services comprising wide area network infrastructure, data center and edge networking switches, and cables and optics that help its business customers to transform and modernize their infrastructure, mobilize and enrich end-user experiences, and accelerate business applications and processes; software and peripherals; and consulting, support, and deployment services. The CSG segment provides desktops, workstations, and notebooks; displays, docking stations, keyboards, mice, webcam, and audio devices; and third-party software and peripherals, as well as configuration, support and deployment, and extended warranty services. It is involved in cybersecurity technology-driven security solutions to prevent security breaches, detect malicious activity, respond rapidly when a security breach occurs, and identify emerging threats; originating, collecting, and servicing customer financing arrangements; and the resale of VMware products and services. The company serves enterprises, public institutions, and small and medium-sized businesses through its direct sales channel, value-added resellers, system integrators, distributors, and retailers. The company was formerly known as Denali Holding Inc. and changed its name to Dell Technologies Inc. in August 2016. Dell Technologies Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas.