Head to Head Survey: Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) and NeoVolta (NASDAQ:NEOVW)

NeoVolta (NASDAQ:NEOVW) and Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares NeoVolta and Daktronics”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NeoVolta	$14.49 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Daktronics	$756.48 million	1.23	-$10.12 million	$0.13	146.31

NeoVolta has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Daktronics.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.7% of Daktronics shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Daktronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NeoVolta	N/A	N/A	N/A
Daktronics	0.96%	15.42%	8.15%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for NeoVolta and Daktronics, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NeoVolta	0	0	0	0	0.00
Daktronics	0	2	1	0	2.33

Daktronics has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.70%. Given Daktronics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Daktronics is more favorable than NeoVolta.

Summary

Daktronics beats NeoVolta on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NeoVolta

NeoVolta Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells energy storage systems in the United States. It provides NV14, NV14-K, and NV 24 energy storage systems, which stores and uses energy through batteries and an inverter at residential or commercial sites. The company markets and sells its products directly to certified solar installers and solar equipment distributors. NeoVolta Inc. was formed in 2018 and is headquartered in Poway, California.

About Daktronics

Daktronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells electronic scoreboards, programmable display systems and large screen video displays for sporting, commercial, and transportation applications in the United States and internationally. It operates through Commercial, Live Events, High School Park and Recreation, Transportation, and International segments. The company also offers video display and walls; scoreboards and timing systems; LED message displays and sings; intelligent transportation systems dynamic message signs; mass transit display; sound systems; and digital billboards and street furniture, and digit and price displays. In addition, it provides indoor dynamic messaging systems and liquid crystal display signs; and software and controllers, which includes Venus, a control suite software to control the creation of messages and graphic sequences for uploading to displays. The company sells its products through direct sales and resellers. Daktronics, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Brookings, South Dakota.