Falcon’s Beyond Global (NASDAQ:FBYD – Get Free Report) and National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
38.9% of Falcon’s Beyond Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of National Presto Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Falcon’s Beyond Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of National Presto Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Falcon’s Beyond Global and National Presto Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Falcon’s Beyond Global | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| National Presto Industries | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Falcon’s Beyond Global | $6.74 million | 106.69 | $22.06 million | ($0.12) | -49.50 |
| National Presto Industries | $388.23 million | 2.49 | $41.46 million | $5.44 | 24.86 |
National Presto Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Falcon’s Beyond Global. Falcon’s Beyond Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Presto Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
Falcon’s Beyond Global has a beta of -1.66, indicating that its share price is 266% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Presto Industries has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Falcon’s Beyond Global and National Presto Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Falcon’s Beyond Global | 10.57% | -16.17% | 1.49% |
| National Presto Industries | 8.18% | 10.42% | 8.24% |
Summary
National Presto Industries beats Falcon’s Beyond Global on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Falcon’s Beyond Global
Falcon’s Beyond Global, Inc. is an experiential entertainment development enterprise. It connects the world by bringing stories to life through theme parks, resorts, animation, consumer products, gaming, and movies. The company propels intellectual property activations concurrently across physical and digital experiences through three core business units. Falcon’s Creative Group is a themed entertainment and master planning firm. Falcon’s Beyond Destinations develops, owns, and operates global entertainment destinations from resorts, theme parks, and attractions to retail, dining and location-based entertainment venues. Falcon’s Beyond Brands expands franchises across multiple platforms from media to gaming, music to consumer products and beyond. The firm also invents in immersive rides, attractions and technologies for entertainment destinations around the world. The company was founded on July 8, 2022 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.
About National Presto Industries
National Presto Industries, Inc. provides housewares and small appliance, defense, and safety products in North America. The company’s Housewares/Small Appliance segment designs, markets, and distributes housewares and small electrical appliances, including pressure cookers and canners; heat control line of skillets, griddles, woks, and multi-purpose cookers; slow cookers; deep fryers; air fryers; waffle makers; pizza ovens; slicer/shredders; electric heaters; hot air, oil, and microwave corn poppers; dehydrators; vacuum sealers; rice cookers; microwave bacon cookers; egg cookers; coffeemakers and coffeemaker accessories; electric knife sharpeners; and timers under the Presto Control Master brand. This segment sells its products directly to retailers, as well as through independent distributors. Its Defense segment manufactures and sells 40mm ammunition, precision mechanical and electro-mechanical products, medium caliber cartridge cases; and metal parts; and detonators, booster pellets, release cartridges, lead azide, and other military energetic devices and materials. This segment primarily serves the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and DOD prime contractors. The company’s Safety segment patents machine learning, digital sensors, and cloud-based technology to monitor freezers and refrigerators that detects and alerts users to potential safety issues around pharmaceuticals and food. National Presto Industries, Inc. was founded in 1905 and is based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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