Financial Comparison: Forward Industries (NASDAQ:FORD) and Under Armour (NYSE:UA)

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Forward Industries and Under Armour”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Forward Industries	$30.19 million	0.59	-$1.95 million	N/A	N/A
Under Armour	$5.16 billion	0.42	-$201.27 million	$0.22	22.86

Forward Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Under Armour.

Profitability

This table compares Forward Industries and Under Armour’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Forward Industries	-16.37%	-1,557.80%	-40.62%
Under Armour	1.99%	7.24%	3.06%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

36.4% of Under Armour shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Forward Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Under Armour shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Forward Industries has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Under Armour has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Under Armour beats Forward Industries on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Forward Industries

Forward Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, sources, markets, and distributes carry and protective solutions. The company operates in two segments: OEM Distribution and Design. The OEM Distribution segment sources and distributes carrying cases and other accessories for medical monitoring and diagnostic kits; and various other portable electronic and non-electronic products, such as sporting and recreational products, bar code scanners, GPS location devices, tablets, and firearms. The Design segment provides hardware and software product design and engineering services. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers in the United States, China, Germany, Poland, and internationally. Forward Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1961 and is based in Hauppauge, New York.

About Under Armour

Under Armour, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, markets, and distributes performance apparel, footwear, and accessories for men, women, and youth. The company provides its apparel in compression, fitted, and loose fit types. It also offers footwear products for running, training, basketball, cleated sports, recovery, and outdoor applications. In addition, the company provides accessories, which include gloves, bags, headwear, and sports masks; and digital subscription, advertising, and other digital business services. It primarily offers its products under the UNDER ARMOUR, HEATGEAR, COLDGEAR, HOVR, UA, PROTECT THIS HOUSE, I WILL, UA Logo, ARMOUR FLEECE, and ARMOUR BRA brands. The company sells its products through wholesale channels, including national and regional sporting goods chains, independent and specialty retailers, department store chains, mono-branded Under Armour retail stores, institutional athletic departments, and leagues and teams, as well as independent distributors; and directly to consumers through a network of 439 Brand and Factory House stores, as well as through e-commerce websites. It operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Under Armour, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.