Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) & B.O.S. Better Online Solutions (NASDAQ:BOSC) Financial Comparison

B.O.S. Better Online Solutions (NASDAQ:BOSC) and Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares B.O.S. Better Online Solutions and Fabrinet’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
B.O.S. Better Online Solutions	7.22%	12.69%	8.29%
Fabrinet	10.19%	21.23%	13.96%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares B.O.S. Better Online Solutions and Fabrinet”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
B.O.S. Better Online Solutions	$50.57 million	0.61	$3.61 million	$0.52	8.42
Fabrinet	$4.64 billion	2.70	$473.03 million	$13.05	26.75

Fabrinet has higher revenue and earnings than B.O.S. Better Online Solutions. B.O.S. Better Online Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fabrinet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

15.1% of B.O.S. Better Online Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Fabrinet shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of B.O.S. Better Online Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fabrinet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for B.O.S. Better Online Solutions and Fabrinet, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
B.O.S. Better Online Solutions	0	1	1	0	2.50
Fabrinet	0	3	6	1	2.80

B.O.S. Better Online Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 82.65%. Fabrinet has a consensus price target of $631.88, suggesting a potential upside of 80.98%. Given B.O.S. Better Online Solutions’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe B.O.S. Better Online Solutions is more favorable than Fabrinet.

Volatility & Risk

B.O.S. Better Online Solutions has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fabrinet has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fabrinet beats B.O.S. Better Online Solutions on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About B.O.S. Better Online Solutions

B.O.S. Better Online Solutions Ltd. provides intelligent robotics, radio frequency identification (RFID), and supply chain solutions for enterprises worldwide. The Intelligent Robotics Division provides custom-made machines for industrial automation and assembly of products and packing that offer technological solutions. The RFID Division provides hardware products, such as thermal and barcode printers; RFID and barcode scanners and readers; wireless, mobile, and forklift terminals; wireless infrastructure; active and passive RFID tags; ribbons, labels, and tags; and RFID systems for libraries. It also develops Warehouse Management System, a data collection solution for logistics management in logistic centers and warehouses; RFID-based systems for tracking inventory in a produce packing house; automatic systems for industrial packing lines; automatic systems to track the production line; and automatic systems to identify and track vehicles for transportation-related settings. In addition, this segment provides maintenance and repair services for data collection equipment, as well as warehouse and on-site service plans; on-site inventory count services in various fields; and asset tagging and counting services for corporate and governmental entities. The Supply Chain Division offers electro-mechanical components, electronics components, communications products, and components consolidation services to aerospace, defense, and other industries. This segment also provides inventory and quality control management of components entering production lines; and inventory management services for ongoing projects, including warehouse functions. The company markets its products through direct sales and sales agents, as well as through distributors. B.O.S. Better Online Solutions Ltd. was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Rishon LeZion, Israel.

About Fabrinet

Fabrinet provides optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing services in North America, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company offers a range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities in the manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, printed circuit board assembly, advanced packaging, integration, final assembly, and testing. Its products include switching products, including reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers, optical amplifiers, modulators, and other optical components and modules that enable network managers to route voice, video, and data communications traffic through fiber optic cables at various wavelengths, speeds, and over various distances. The company's products also comprise tunable lasers, transceivers, and transponders; and active optical cables, which provide high-speed interconnect capabilities for data centers and computing clusters, as well as Infiniband, Ethernet, fiber channel, and optical backplane connectivity. In addition, it provides solid state, diode-pumped, gas, and fiber lasers used in semiconductor processing, biotechnology and medical device, metrology, and material processing industries; and differential pressure, micro-gyro, fuel, and other sensors used in automobiles, as well as non-contact temperature measurement sensors for the medical industry. Further, the company designs and fabricates application-specific crystals, lenses, prisms, mirrors, laser components, and substrates; and other custom and standard borosilicate, clear fused quartz, and synthetic fused silica glass products. It serves original equipment manufacturers of optical communication components, modules and sub-systems, industrial lasers, automotive components, medical devices, and sensors. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands.