Analyzing Franklin Wireless (NASDAQ:FKWL) & Haivision Systems (OTCMKTS:HAIVF)

Haivision Systems (OTCMKTS:HAIVF) and Franklin Wireless (NASDAQ:FKWL) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Haivision Systems and Franklin Wireless’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haivision Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A
Franklin Wireless	-2.07%	-2.98%	-2.16%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Haivision Systems and Franklin Wireless, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haivision Systems	0	0	0	0	0.00
Franklin Wireless	1	0	1	0	2.00

Franklin Wireless has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 148.96%. Given Franklin Wireless’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Franklin Wireless is more favorable than Haivision Systems.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

18.5% of Franklin Wireless shares are held by institutional investors. 28.4% of Franklin Wireless shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Haivision Systems and Franklin Wireless”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haivision Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Franklin Wireless	$46.09 million	0.62	-$240,000.00	($0.06)	-40.17

Haivision Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Franklin Wireless.

Summary

Franklin Wireless beats Haivision Systems on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Haivision Systems

Haivision Systems Inc. provides mission-critical, real-time video networking, and visual collaboration solutions in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company offers Makito Series video encoders and decoders for end-to-end transport of secure and high-quality HD video; video transmitters and mobile encoders for video contribution over bonded unmanaged IP networks; Command 360, a software platform for real-time visualization of business-critical information; Haivision Kraken, a video transcoder for mission-critical ISR, situational awareness, and field monitoring applications; Haivision Hub for Government, a video network service for live and low latency video streaming between government agencies and public cloud delivery services; and Haivision Media Platform that manages, shares, and delivers secure corporate communications, real-time video feeds, and broadcast IPTV. Further, it provides Haivision SRT Gateway, a broadcast solution for secure routing of live video streams across different types of IP networks; SRT Streaming Protocol that optimizes streaming performance across unpredictable networks; BeOnAIR transmission bundle; Haivision EMS, an element management system for centrally managing and monitoring encoders and decoders; Haivision Play Pro, a free app for securely playing or streaming live SRT feeds from anywhere over the internet; and Haivision Play, series of high performance video player applications for mobile devices, desktops, managed set-top boxes. The company serves broadcast, enterprise, government, medical, and military and defense industries. The company was formerly known as Hajtek Vision Inc. and changed its name to Haivision Systems Inc. in June 2004. Haivision Systems Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

About Franklin Wireless

Franklin Wireless Corp. provides integrated wireless solutions. The company's products include 5G/4G wireless broadband products, such as wi-fi mobile hotspot, fixed wireless routers, and enterprise gateway CPE; and IoT tracking and connected devices, including smart IoT tracking device, connected car, and home phone connect. It also offers IOT server platform and application, which comprises Pintrac, a cloud based telecom grade server platform; Pintrac Mobile Device Management, an LTE hotspot; Pintrac Pet, a pet tracking application; Pintrac Auto that tracks, locates, and manages vehicles for consumers and businesses; and JEXtream, a cloud based telecom grade server platform for 5G devices and routers that enables enhanced remote management of device functionality. The company directly markets and sells its products to wireless operators, as well as indirectly through strategic partners and distributors located primarily in the North America, the Caribbean and South America, and Asia. Franklin Wireless Corp. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.