Reviewing Landis+Gyr Group (OTCMKTS:LDGYY) & Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT)

Landis+Gyr Group (OTCMKTS:LDGYY) and Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Landis+Gyr Group and Daktronics”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Landis+Gyr Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Daktronics	$749.36 million	1.25	-$10.12 million	N/A	N/A

Landis+Gyr Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Daktronics.

Profitability

This table compares Landis+Gyr Group and Daktronics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Landis+Gyr Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Daktronics	1.51%	14.64%	7.47%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.7% of Daktronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Daktronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Landis+Gyr Group and Daktronics, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Landis+Gyr Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Daktronics	0	1	1	1	3.00

Daktronics has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.65%. Given Daktronics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Daktronics is more favorable than Landis+Gyr Group.

Summary

Daktronics beats Landis+Gyr Group on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Landis+Gyr Group

Landis+Gyr Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated energy management solutions to utility sector in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, Canada, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers prepayment electricity, commercial/industrial and grid, and non-smart and smart gas meters; heat and water meters and solutions; load control devices; and system deployment, and managed network solutions. It also provides various advanced metering infrastructure offerings, including software, meter data management, installation, implementation, consulting, maintenance support, and related services; and develops and provides electronic devices for analyzing electricity usage in households. In addition, the company offers EV charging hardware and smart charging software comprising demand response and flexibility management, as well as cybersecurity solutions. The company was formerly known as Landis+Gyr Holding AG. Landis+Gyr Group AG was incorporated in 1896 and is headquartered in Cham, Switzerland.

About Daktronics

Daktronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells electronic scoreboards, programmable display systems and large screen video displays for sporting, commercial, and transportation applications in the United States and internationally. It operates through Commercial, Live Events, High School Park and Recreation, Transportation, and International segments. The company also offers video display and walls; scoreboards and timing systems; LED message displays and sings; intelligent transportation systems dynamic message signs; mass transit display; sound systems; and digital billboards and street furniture, and digit and price displays. In addition, it provides indoor dynamic messaging systems and liquid crystal display signs; and software and controllers, which includes Venus, a control suite software to control the creation of messages and graphic sequences for uploading to displays. The company sells its products through direct sales and resellers. Daktronics, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Brookings, South Dakota.