Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) & Vislink Technologies (NASDAQ:VISL) Head to Head Analysis

Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) and Vislink Technologies (NASDAQ:VISL) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Flex has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vislink Technologies has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Flex and Vislink Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flex	$27.91 billion	1.59	$880.00 million	$2.59	46.42
Vislink Technologies	$32.44 million	0.22	-$9.13 million	($0.86)	-3.28

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

Profitability

This table compares Flex and Vislink Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flex	3.32%	23.15%	5.50%
Vislink Technologies	-26.51%	-24.09%	-19.12%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Flex and Vislink Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flex	0	2	9	1	2.92
Vislink Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00

Flex presently has a consensus price target of $114.20, suggesting a potential downside of 5.02%. Given Flex’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Flex is more favorable than Vislink Technologies.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.3% of Flex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Vislink Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Flex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Vislink Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Flex beats Vislink Technologies on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Flex

Flex Ltd. provides technology, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through three segments: Flex Agility Solutions (FAS), Flex Reliability Solutions (FRS), and Nextracker. The FAS segment offers flexible supply and manufacturing system comprising communications, enterprise and cloud solution, which includes data, edge, and communications infrastructure; lifestyle solution including appliances, consumer packaging, floorcare, micro mobility, and audio; and consumer devices, such as mobile and high velocity consumer devices. Its FRS segment provides complex ramps with specialized production models and critical environments, which comprise automotive including next generation mobility, autonomous, connectivity, electrification, and smart technologies; health solutions, such as medical devices, medical equipment, and drug delivery; and industrial solutions including capital equipment, industrial devices, and renewables and grid edge. The Nextracker segment offers solar tracker and software solutions, which are used in utility-scale and ground-mounted distributed generation solar projects. In addition, it provides a broad array of services including design and engineering, component services, rapid prototyping, fulfillment, and circular economy solutions. The company was formerly known as Flextronics International Ltd. and changed its name to Flex Ltd. in September 2016. Flex Ltd. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Singapore.

About Vislink Technologies

Vislink Technologies, Inc. provides solutions for collecting live news, sports, entertainment, and news events for the broadcast markets in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company offers live production products and solutions, such as wireless camera transmitter and receiver products comprising HCAM, a 4K Ultra HD-capable on-camera wireless system; Quantum, an ultra-low latency and waveform agnostic central receiver; IP Link 3.0, a studio-transmitter link system that enables broadcasting service platforms to access monetization opportunities; ViewBack is a lightweight, low-power, low latency, dual-channel diversity receiver-decoder; ultra-compact onboard solutions; and other receiver products, including CRx6, and CIRAS-X6. It also provides WMT line of mobile encoders and TerraLink rack encoders for live streaming over 4G and 5G, and systems developed using AI technologies; and TrolleyLive Remote Pro, an all-in-one production unit for remote live broadcasts. In addition, the company offers mil/gov products and solution, including Vislink Airborne Video Downlink System, a comprehensive aerial-based video transmission solution that delivers real-time surveillance; AeroLink which supports broadcast/ENG applications for transmitting air-based feeds from breaking news and sporting events; Aero5, an airborne downlink transmitter; HHT3 and Mobil Commander, a handheld receivers/monitors designed for tactical situations; and wireless microwave equipment. It serves its products to news and live broadcasting; sports and entertainment; military, law enforcement, and public safety; and industry, corporate, and house of worship sectors. The company was formerly known as xG Technology, Inc. and changed its name to Vislink Technologies, Inc. in February 2019. Vislink Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Mt. Olive, New Jersey.