Turtle Beach Corporation (HEAR) Report Analysis
Turtle Beach's recently released results from Q4 indicate that Turtle Beach is performing reasonably well and on par with its peers. This typically translates into the stock performing on par with market performance for the upcoming quarter. Therefore, they earned a total score of 68 out of 100 and a HOLD recommendation.
Turtle Beach reported earnings results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. For the first quarter, the company reported sales was USD 46.66 million compared to USD 93.05 million a year ago. Net loss was USD 6.48 million compared to net income of USD 8.84 million a year ago. Basic loss per share from continuing operations was USD 0.4 compared to basic earnings per share from continuing operations of USD 0.57 a year ago. Diluted loss per share from continuing operations was USD 0.4 compared to diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of USD 0.49 a year ago.
Business Description
Turtle Beach 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.
Sector Overview
Turtle Beach is included in the Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals according to GICS (global industry classification standard). The Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals industry is part of the Information Technology sector. It includes manufacturers of mobile phones, PCs, servers, electronic computer components and peripherals. Turtle Beach's industry and sector affiliation are expected to negatively affect their likelihood to overperform the market in the upcoming period, as other sectors appear more likely to benefit from the macroeconomic environment we see now.
Parameter | Value | Change | Score | |
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Return on Equity | 13.7 | -46.5% | 42 | |
Net Cashflow | -9.0 | -1230.0% | 87 | |
Capital Expenditure | -5.6 | 10.6% | 87 | |
Asset Turnover | 1.7 | -5.2% | 51 | |
Free Cashflow | -0.4 | -418.7% | 38 |
* All values are TTM
The below chart reflects Turtle Beach's birds-eye view on its performance with respect to its peers, the company's fillings as reported or to a similar industry, market cap, and country of origin. While Turtle Beach's peer average final assessment score stands on 68.0, Turtle Beach's score is 68.
When trying to optimize the timing of an investment, it's critical to analyze whether the stock looks overbought or oversold, and in which direction the momentum is moving. Turtle Beach's stock is now priced above its 5-day, but below its 50-day and 200-day moving average, while its MACD (moving average convergence divergence) indicates that the stock's price movement momentum is weakening. Historically, this is a positive setup in the near-term. The company is trading near it's 12-month low, which signals it struggle to keep above it support price. Meanwhile, looking at the Stochastic Oscillator and RSI (relative strength index), Turtle Beach's stock indicates that it's likely oversold. Overall, these technical indicators signal negative momentum. Therefore, this stock received a cumulative TA (technical analysis) score of 52.
Two main balance sheet metrics are driving the positive outlook for Turtle Beach's financial strength going forward. Turtle Beach did a great job related to cash and cash equivalents this period, which stood at 37.7, representing a 34.4% change from the previous filing. Its impressive cash and cash equivalents metrics should support upward pressure on its's stock price. Therefore, its cash and cash equivalents movement earned a score of 86. Also, Turtle Beach's management was effective in managing the value of the assets on their balance sheet, which now sits at 230.5 and represents a -2.4% change from the previous report. These results, specifically in contrast to their industry peers' performance, should support an upswing in the company's stock price. Consequently, their asset movement received a grade of 80. That said, one metric, Liabilities, stood out as particularly concerning. Turtle Beach's liabilities stood at 89.1 in the current filing, which represents a -13.2% change from the previous report. This performance is relatively weak in comparison to their peers and suggests that its's stock price will likely suffer until this is solved. Its liabilities movement component, therefore, received a grade of 39. Consequently, the company's balance sheet earned a rank of 67.
Parameter | Value | Change | Score |
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Assets | 230.5 | -2.4% | 80 |
Liabilities | 89.1 | -13.2% | 39 |
Price to Book | 2.5 | -23.8% | 67 |
Cash & Equivalents | 37.7 | 34.4% | 86 |
Equity | 141.4 | 5.8% | 69 |
The below chart describes Turtle Beach's performance as reflected on its balance sheet with respect to its peers. While Turtle Beach received a balance sheet score of 67, the average of its peers stands on 69.0.
Name | Market Cap | Liabilities Movement | Asset Change | Equity/Intangibles Adjustments | Cash & Equivalents | Book Value Momentum | Balance Sheet | mc_sort | Hidden |
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Canaan Inc. | 600.4M | 76 | 62 | 88 | 67 | 83 | 81 | 0 | 1 |
CompoSecure, Inc. | 441.4M | 58 | 64 | 66 | 44 | 82 | 59 | 1 | 1 |
Apple Inc. | 2.3T | 50 | 80 | 60 | 46 | 56 | 53 | 2 | 1 |
Dell Technologies Inc. | 37.2B | 56 | 80 | 57 | 44 | 55 | 54 | 3 | 1 |
HP Inc. | 36.5B | 71 | 73 | 97 | 91 | 92 | 95 | 4 | 1 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 18.4B | 52 | 78 | 73 | 46 | 67 | 63 | 5 | 1 |
Seagate Technology Holdings plc | 15.9B | 60 | 80 | 58 | 46 | 52 | 56 | 6 | 1 |
Western Digital Corporation | 14.9B | 60 | 77 | 55 | 68 | 62 | 59 | 7 | 1 |
NetApp, Inc. | 14.9B | 78 | 67 | 60 | 67 | 52 | 62 | 8 | 1 |
Pure Storage, Inc. | 8.0B | 42 | 82 | 62 | 66 | 57 | 55 | 9 | 1 |
Xerox Holdings Corporation | 2.5B | 67 | 77 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 62 | 10 | 1 |
Super Micro Computer, Inc. | 2.2B | 89 | 62 | 93 | 70 | 90 | 93 | 11 | 1 |
Corsair Gaming, Inc. | 1.4B | 50 | 72 | 64 | 38 | 63 | 52 | 12 | 1 |
3D Systems Corporation | 1.3B | 57 | 80 | 46 | 38 | 45 | 45 | 13 | 1 |
Stratasys Ltd. | 1.3B | 58 | 81 | 47 | 88 | 54 | 57 | 14 | 1 |
Avid Technology, Inc. | 1.2B | 52 | 82 | 43 | 45 | 59 | 49 | 15 | 1 |
IonQ, Inc. | 957.0M | 38 | 74 | 53 | 37 | 49 | 37 | 16 | 1 |
Nano Dimension Ltd. | 834.0M | 96 | 85 | 59 | 48 | 60 | 82 | 17 | 1 |
Eastman Kodak Company | 419.9M | 67 | 70 | 55 | 53 | 66 | 58 | 18 | 1 |
Coolpad Group Limited | 275.6M | 48 | 86 | 47 | 63 | 45 | 53 | 19 | 1 |
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | 190.3M | 65 | 83 | 43 | 40 | 56 | 54 | 20 | 1 |
Two metrics jump up as the most significant positive drivers of the income statement's strength in Turtle Beach's recent report: Revenue Efficiency and Return Factors. Turtle Beach's financials reveal an interesting trend for their revenue efficiency. This parameter often affects companies in the same industry and market capitalization by up to 16.1%. Their industry-leading revenue efficiency makes a strong case for upward pressure on its's stock price. As a result, its revenue efficiency earned a score of 96. Also, In this filing, Turtle Beach reported a return on equity (ROE) ratio of 13.7, which represents a change of -46.5%. The company appears headed in the right direction in terms of these return factors, exhibiting prudent capital expenditure growth compared to its peers. The company's return factors (ROA & ROE) components, therefore, received a grade of 42. That said, one metric, EBITDA, stood out as strongly negative. Turtle Beach's management didn't make significant improvements to their EBITDA this period. In terms of the raw numbers, EBITDA was reported as 27.2, which represents a -34.6% change from the last period. This parameter coud affect companies in the same industry and market capitalization by up to 12.2%. Their EBITDA metrics are even more problematic when compared to their peers. Discouraging results like these statistically lead to negative pressure in stock prices, so we rated their EBITDA a grade of 41. As the companie's management is doing an excellent job managing the critical metrics, the income statement was given a score of 69.
Parameter | Value | Change | Score |
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EBITDA | 27.2 | -34.6% | 41 |
Total Revenues | 366.4 | -6.0% | 96 |
Return on Equity | 13.7 | -46.5% | 42 |
The below chart describes Turtle Beach's performance as reflected on its income statement with respect to its peers. While Turtle Beach received a income statement score of 69 , the average of its peers stands on 67.0.
Name | Market Cap | Revenue Momentum | Earning Movement | Return Factors Momentum | Income Statement | mc_sort | Hidden |
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Canaan Inc. | 600.4M | 38 | 93 | 77 | 64 | 0 | 1 |
CompoSecure, Inc. | 441.4M | 51 | 69 | 53 | 58 | 1 | 1 |
Apple Inc. | 2.3T | 76 | 67 | 79 | 74 | 2 | 1 |
Dell Technologies Inc. | 37.2B | 68 | 65 | 82 | 69 | 3 | 1 |
HP Inc. | 36.5B | 81 | 61 | 64 | 73 | 4 | 1 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 18.4B | 85 | 56 | 61 | 73 | 5 | 1 |
Seagate Technology Holdings plc | 15.9B | 83 | 69 | 90 | 79 | 6 | 1 |
Western Digital Corporation | 14.9B | 80 | 83 | 71 | 82 | 7 | 1 |
NetApp, Inc. | 14.9B | 76 | 63 | 52 | 70 | 8 | 1 |
Pure Storage, Inc. | 8.0B | 46 | 97 | 96 | 71 | 9 | 1 |
Xerox Holdings Corporation | 2.5B | 88 | 46 | 45 | 69 | 10 | 1 |
Super Micro Computer, Inc. | 2.2B | 43 | 95 | 95 | 69 | 11 | 1 |
Corsair Gaming, Inc. | 1.4B | 97 | 41 | 39 | 71 | 12 | 1 |
3D Systems Corporation | 1.3B | 91 | 38 | 42 | 67 | 13 | 1 |
Stratasys Ltd. | 1.3B | 61 | 48 | 81 | 58 | 14 | 1 |
Avid Technology, Inc. | 1.2B | 79 | 68 | 69 | 75 | 15 | 1 |
IonQ, Inc. | 957.0M | 37 | 47 | 61 | 43 | 16 | 1 |
Nano Dimension Ltd. | 834.0M | 37 | 46 | 73 | 45 | 17 | 1 |
Eastman Kodak Company | 419.9M | 75 | 61 | 49 | 68 | 18 | 1 |
Coolpad Group Limited | 275.6M | 98 | 58 | 63 | 80 | 19 | 1 |
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | 190.3M | 92 | 42 | 73 | 72 | 20 | 1 |
Overall, Turtle Beach's critical cash flow metrics appear to signal strong support and a high likelihood of positive growth going forward. Turtle Beach's management was effective in improving their net cash flow, which now sits at -9.0 and represents a -1230.0% change from the previous report. This industry-leading net cash flow momentum should reinforce broader positive momentum for its's stock price going forward. The company's net cash flow, therefore, received a grade of 87. Also, Turtle Beach's management was effective in improving its CapEx, which now sits at -5.6 and represents 10.6% change from the previous report. The company appears to be headed in the right direction regarding resource allocation, exhibiting prudent capital expenditure growth compared to its peers. The company's CapEx movement, therefore, received a grade of 87. That said, one metric, Free Cash flow, stood out as strongly negative. Turtle Beach's published free cash flow numbers were subpar and could mean that management has lost focus on achieving healthy growth. Turtle Beach recorded free cash flow of -0.4, which represents -418.7% growth from the previous report. Companies in the same sector and market capitalization will usually be affected by up to 7.0 percent by this parameter. Their free cash flow situation is more concerning relative to their peers and competitors. Disappointing results in free cash flow often lead to negative pressure in stock prices, so we rated their free cash flow with a score of 38. The company's cash flow received an overall score of 60.
Parameter | Value | Change | Score |
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Net Cashflow | -9.0 | -1230.0% | 87 |
Capital Expenditure | -5.6 | 10.6% | 87 |
Asset Turnover | 1.7 | -5.2% | 51 |
Free Cashflow | -0.4 | -418.7% | 38 |
The below chart describes Turtle Beach's performance as reflected on its cash flow with respect to its peers. While Turtle Beach received a cash flow score of 60, the average of its peers stands on 68.0.
Name | Market Cap | Cashflow Momentum | Free Cashflow Growth | Capital Expenditure Growth | Assets Factors Momentum | Cash Flow | mc_sort | Hidden |
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Canaan Inc. | 600.4M | 67 | 69 | 73 | 46 | 57 | 0 | 1 |
CompoSecure, Inc. | 441.4M | 77 | 76 | 46 | 48 | 58 | 1 | 1 |
Apple Inc. | 2.3T | 76 | 75 | 68 | 91 | 84 | 2 | 1 |
Dell Technologies Inc. | 37.2B | 68 | 50 | 68 | 85 | 72 | 3 | 1 |
HP Inc. | 36.5B | 56 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 57 | 4 | 1 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 18.4B | 77 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 66 | 5 | 1 |
Seagate Technology Holdings plc | 15.9B | 64 | 77 | 76 | 79 | 76 | 6 | 1 |
Western Digital Corporation | 14.9B | 65 | 82 | 54 | 70 | 70 | 7 | 1 |
NetApp, Inc. | 14.9B | 77 | 58 | 37 | 53 | 55 | 8 | 1 |
Pure Storage, Inc. | 8.0B | 94 | 91 | 64 | 97 | 95 | 9 | 1 |
Xerox Holdings Corporation | 2.5B | 59 | 64 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 10 | 1 |
Super Micro Computer, Inc. | 2.2B | 51 | 51 | 90 | 68 | 62 | 11 | 1 |
Corsair Gaming, Inc. | 1.4B | 50 | 37 | 48 | 46 | 40 | 12 | 1 |
3D Systems Corporation | 1.3B | 58 | 40 | 61 | 65 | 55 | 13 | 1 |
Stratasys Ltd. | 1.3B | 83 | 37 | 77 | 51 | 55 | 14 | 1 |
Avid Technology, Inc. | 1.2B | 58 | 59 | 45 | 94 | 74 | 15 | 1 |
IonQ, Inc. | 957.0M | 69 | 66 | 54 | 98 | 82 | 16 | 1 |
Nano Dimension Ltd. | 834.0M | 69 | 70 | 74 | 55 | 70 | 17 | 1 |
Eastman Kodak Company | 419.9M | 84 | 50 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 18 | 1 |
Coolpad Group Limited | 275.6M | 59 | 74 | 79 | 43 | 58 | 19 | 1 |
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | 190.3M | 38 | 38 | 59 | 72 | 53 | 20 | 1 |
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