ALNT vs. COHU, TRNS, AEHR, INTT, FEIM, DAIO, VLTO, TER, ITRI, and IONQ
Should you be buying Allient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allient include Cohu (COHU), Transcat (TRNS), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), inTEST (INTT), Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Data I/O (DAIO), Veralto (VLTO), Teradyne (TER), Itron (ITRI), and IonQ (IONQ).
Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) and Cohu (NASDAQ:COHU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
In the previous week, Cohu had 1 more articles in the media than Allient. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cohu and 2 mentions for Allient. Cohu's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Allient's score of -0.22 indicating that Cohu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Allient has a net margin of 4.26% compared to Cohu's net margin of -0.38%. Allient's return on equity of 15.26% beat Cohu's return on equity.
Allient has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohu has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cohu received 447 more outperform votes than Allient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.22% of users gave Cohu an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Allient an outperform vote.
Cohu has higher revenue and earnings than Allient. Cohu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
61.6% of Allient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Cohu shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Allient shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Cohu shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Allient currently has a consensus target price of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.76%. Cohu has a consensus target price of $37.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.80%. Given Allient's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Allient is more favorable than Cohu.
Summary
Cohu beats Allient on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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