Contrasting Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II (NASDAQ:NETD) & FST (NASDAQ:KBSX)

FST (NASDAQ:KBSX) and Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II (NASDAQ:NETD) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for FST and Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FST	1	0	0	0	1.00
Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II	1	0	0	0	1.00

Insider and Institutional Ownership

50.9% of FST shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II shares are held by institutional investors. 54.6% of FST shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares FST and Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FST	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II	N/A	-50.62%	2.33%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares FST and Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FST	$36.50 million	1.62	-$3.23 million	($0.35)	-4.49
Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II	N/A	N/A	$11.95 million	$0.19	59.74

Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FST. FST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

FST has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II beats FST on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FST

FST Corp. designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes steel golf shafts to golf club original equipment manufacturers and distributors worldwide. The company offers steel shafts under the KBS brand name. FST Corp.is based in Chiayi, Taiwan.

About Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II

Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II focuses on effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company intends to identify solutions, opportunities, companies, or technologies that focus on advancing the energy transition that facilitate, improve, or complement the reduction of carbon or greenhouse gas emissions. Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Houston, Texas. The company is a subsidiary of Nabors Energy Transition Sponsor II LLC.