Reviewing Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) & HempAmericana (OTCMKTS:HMPQ)

Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) and HempAmericana (OTCMKTS:HMPQ) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Daktronics and HempAmericana, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Daktronics	0	0	0	1	4.00
HempAmericana	0	0	0	0	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

61.7% of Daktronics shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Daktronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Daktronics and HempAmericana”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Daktronics	$811.64 million	0.74	$34.62 million	$0.61	21.39
HempAmericana	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Daktronics has higher revenue and earnings than HempAmericana.

Risk & Volatility

Daktronics has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HempAmericana has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Daktronics and HempAmericana’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Daktronics	1.29%	19.92%	8.92%
HempAmericana	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Daktronics beats HempAmericana on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Daktronics

Daktronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets electronic display systems and related products 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; message displays; intelligent transportation systems dynamic message signs; mass transit display; sound systems; and digital billboards, 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.

About HempAmericana

HempAmericana, Inc. researches, develops, and sells products made of industrial hemp in the United States. It provides hemp-based concrete, hemp bags, hemp seeds for consumption, hemp clothing, and hemp rolling paper products. HempAmericana, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.