Reviewing Turtle Beach (TBCH) and Its Competitors

Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:TBCH) is one of 41 public companies in the “Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Turtle Beach to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

67.0% of Turtle Beach shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of shares of all “Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Turtle Beach shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of shares of all “Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Turtle Beach and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Turtle Beach	$372.77 million	-$17.68 million	14.48
Turtle Beach Competitors	$399.59 million	-$90.17 million	26.01

Turtle Beach’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Turtle Beach. Turtle Beach 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Turtle Beach and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Turtle Beach	0	0	2	0	3.00
Turtle Beach Competitors	231	487	1028	51	2.50

Turtle Beach presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 97.31%. As a group, “Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 44.03%. Given Turtle Beach’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Turtle Beach is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Turtle Beach and its peers’ 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%
Turtle Beach Competitors	-18.70%	-50.08%	-5.05%

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, Turtle Beach’s peers have a beta of -10.49, indicating that their average share price is 1,149% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Turtle Beach beats its peers on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Turtle Beach Company Profile

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.