Reviewing Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:TBCH) and Viscount Systems (OTCMKTS:VSYS)

Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:TBCH) and Viscount Systems (OTCMKTS:VSYS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Turtle Beach has a beta of 2.27, indicating that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viscount Systems has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Turtle Beach and Viscount Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Turtle Beach	1.41%	9.18%	3.88%
Viscount Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Turtle Beach and Viscount Systems”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Turtle Beach	$372.77 million	0.58	-$17.68 million	$0.77	13.99
Viscount Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Viscount Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Turtle Beach.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Turtle Beach and Viscount Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Turtle Beach	0	0	2	0	3.00
Viscount Systems	0	0	0	0	0.00

Turtle Beach presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 104.27%. Given Turtle Beach’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Turtle Beach is more favorable than Viscount Systems.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

67.0% of Turtle Beach shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Turtle Beach shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 91.3% of Viscount Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Turtle Beach beats Viscount Systems on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Turtle Beach

Turtle Beach Corporation operates as an audio technology company. It develops, commercializes, and markets gaming headset solutions for various platforms, including video game and entertainment consoles, personal computers, handheld consoles, tablets, and mobile devices under the Turtle Beach brand. The company also offers gaming headsets, keyboards, mice, mousepads, and other accessories for the personal computer peripherals market under the brand of ROCCAT, as well as digital USB and analog microphones under the Neat Microphones brand. It serves retailers, distributors, and other customers in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York.

About Viscount Systems

Viscount Systems, Inc., through its subsidiary, Viscount Communication and Control Systems Inc., designs, manufactures, and sells access control and security products in North America. It offers intercom and physical access control systems, and emergency communications systems for various applications, including condominium/apartment building access and intercom; residential intercom; gated home/community access and intercom; seniors/government housing access, tracking, and intercom; elevator access and tracking; garage or perimeter gate control; and emergency communications. The company's principal product is the Enterphone intercom and access control system, a patented building entry control system that uses a building's internal phone wiring to allow access control for tenants, and intercom and access control between visitors and tenants. It also manufactures electronic entry access panels that can operate using the Enterphone system or dial-up telephone company lines. In addition, the company offers Enterphone iQ, a solution based on its MESH technology; MESH, a software-based building management system; Freedom, an Internet technology platform; and Liberty, a derivation of the Freedom for the smaller sized system access control market. Viscount Systems, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.