Financial Analysis: FST (KBSX) and Its Peers

Risk & Volatility

FST has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FST’s peers have a beta of -0.05, suggesting that their average stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

50.8% of FST shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of FST shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares FST and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FST	N/A	N/A	-8.81%
FST Competitors	11.22%	-48.18%	1.91%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares FST and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
FST	$33.94 million	$430,000.00	-5.29
FST Competitors	$14.15 billion	$71.35 million	35.24

FST’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than FST. FST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

FST peers beat FST on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

FST Company Profile

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.