Head-To-Head Analysis: Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR) & Ricoh (OTCMKTS:RICOY)

Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR) and Ricoh (OTCMKTS:RICOY) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Corsair Gaming and Ricoh’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corsair Gaming	2.36%	13.10%	6.88%
Ricoh	3.10%	6.98%	3.24%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Corsair Gaming and Ricoh, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corsair Gaming	1	3	4	1	2.56
Ricoh	0	0	0	0	0.00

Corsair Gaming currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.83%. Given Corsair Gaming’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Corsair Gaming is more favorable than Ricoh.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

25.7% of Corsair Gaming shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.5% of Corsair Gaming shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Corsair Gaming and Ricoh”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Corsair Gaming	$1.47 billion	0.89	-$12.47 million	$0.30	40.33
Ricoh	$17.33 billion	0.34	$367.42 million	$0.94	11.16

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

Risk and Volatility

Corsair Gaming has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ricoh has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Corsair Gaming beats Ricoh on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Corsair Gaming

Corsair Gaming, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells gaming and streaming peripherals, components and systems in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It offers gamer and creator peripherals, including gaming keyboards, mice, headsets, controllers, and streaming products, such as capture cards, stream decks, microphones and audio interfaces, facecam streaming cameras, studio accessories, gaming furniture, and other related products. The company also provides gaming components and systems comprising power supply units, cooling solutions, computer cases, and DRAM modules, as well as prebuilt and custom-built gaming PCs and laptops, gaming monitors, and others; and PC gaming software comprising iCUE for gamers and Elgato streaming suite for content creators, as well as digital services. It sells its products through e-retail, retail, and direct-to-consumer channels and distributors. Corsair Gaming, Inc. was formerly known as Corsair Components (Cayman) Ltd and changed its name to Corsair Gaming, Inc in August 2017. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.

About Ricoh

Ricoh Company, Ltd. provides office, commercial printing, and related solutions worldwide. It operates through Digital services, Digital Products, Graphic Communications, Industrial Solutions, and Other segments. The company sells multifunctional printers (MFPs), laser printers, digital duplicators, wide format printers, facsimile machines, scanners, personal computers, servers, network equipment, related parts and supplies, services, and support and service and solutions related to documents. It also offers production and OEM services for MFPs, laser printers, digital duplicators, wide format printers, facsimile machine, scanners, network equipment, and related parts and supplies. In addition, the company produces and sells cut sheet printers, continuous feed printers, inkjet heads, imaging systems, industrial printers, related parts and supplies, services, and support and software. Further, it produces and sells thermal paper and media products, industrial optical components/modules, and electronic components and precision mechanical components, as well as offers digital cameras, 360°cameras, and environment and healthcare products. The company was formerly known as Riken Optical Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Ricoh Company, Ltd. in 1963. Ricoh Company, Ltd. was incorporated in 1936 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.