Critical Contrast: KONE Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) vs. Goal Acquisitions (NASDAQ:PUCK)

KONE Oyj (OTCMKTS:KNYJY) and Goal Acquisitions (NASDAQ:PUCK) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for KONE Oyj and Goal Acquisitions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KONE Oyj	1	0	0	0	1.00
Goal Acquisitions	0	0	0	0	0.00

Volatility & Risk

KONE Oyj has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goal Acquisitions has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares KONE Oyj and Goal Acquisitions”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KONE Oyj	$11.85 billion	N/A	$1.00 billion	$1.03	25.18
Goal Acquisitions	N/A	N/A	-$1.14 million	N/A	N/A

KONE Oyj has higher revenue and earnings than Goal Acquisitions.

Profitability

This table compares KONE Oyj and Goal Acquisitions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KONE Oyj	8.98%	39.77%	11.49%
Goal Acquisitions	N/A	N/A	-35.91%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.2% of Goal Acquisitions shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.5% of Goal Acquisitions shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

KONE Oyj beats Goal Acquisitions on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About KONE Oyj

KONE Oyj, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the elevator and escalator business worldwide. The company provides elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors. It offers maintenance services; and modernization solutions. In addition, the company offers KONE Office Flow, a connected solution that allows for personalized user experiences and touch-free access; health and well-being solutions for elevators, escalators, and doors; KONE Access, an access control system, which is integrated with elevator system and building doors; KONE Destination, a destination control system that reduce waiting and travel times; KONE infotainment, a communication channel for building tenants and visitors; and monitoring solutions that enable real-time inspection of elevators and escalators. Further, it provides people flow planning and consulting services; solutions for special buildings and large projects; cybersecurity solutions; and energy solutions for greener buildings. KONE Oyj was founded in 1908 and is based in Espoo, Finland.

About Goal Acquisitions

Goal Acquisitions Corp. does not have significant operations. The company intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Goal Acquisitions Corp. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Bee Cave, Texas.