INVE vs. ALOT, KTCC, TACT, RDCM, LINK, IMMR, KOPN, VUZI, TSAT, and KVHI
Should you be buying Identiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Identiv include AstroNova (ALOT), Key Tronic (KTCC), TransAct Technologies (TACT), RADCOM (RDCM), Interlink Electronics (LINK), Immersion (IMMR), Kopin (KOPN), Vuzix (VUZI), Telesat (TSAT), and KVH Industries (KVHI).
AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) and Identiv (NASDAQ:INVE) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Identiv received 68 more outperform votes than AstroNova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.16% of users gave AstroNova an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave Identiv an outperform vote.
AstroNova has higher revenue and earnings than Identiv. Identiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AstroNova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AstroNova has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Identiv has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Identiv had 8 more articles in the media than AstroNova. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Identiv and 2 mentions for AstroNova. AstroNova's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Identiv's score of 0.30 indicating that Identiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
43.0% of AstroNova shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Identiv shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of AstroNova shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Identiv shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AstroNova has a net margin of 3.17% compared to AstroNova's net margin of -6.49%. Identiv's return on equity of 8.28% beat AstroNova's return on equity.
Identiv has a consensus target price of $8.75, suggesting a potential upside of 108.83%. Given AstroNova's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Identiv is more favorable than AstroNova.
Summary
AstroNova beats Identiv on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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