Key Tronic (KTCC) Competitors

Interlink Electronics (NASDAQ:LINK) and Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LINK or KTCC?

Key Tronic has higher revenue and earnings than Interlink Electronics. Interlink Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Key Tronic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Interlink Electronics	$13.79M	2.24	$1.26M	$0.09	52.89
Key Tronic	$596.32M	0.08	$5.16M	$0.02	210.00

Is LINK or KTCC more profitable?

Interlink Electronics has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Interlink Electronics' net margin of 0.04%. Key Tronic's return on equity of 7.39% beat Interlink Electronics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interlink Electronics	5.99%	7.39%	6.93%
Key Tronic	0.04%	0.20%	0.07%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LINK or KTCC?

Key Tronic received 108 more outperform votes than Interlink Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.48% of users gave Interlink Electronics an outperform vote while only 59.06% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Interlink Electronics	Outperform Votes 143 74.48%	Underperform Votes 49 25.52%
Key Tronic	Outperform Votes 251 59.06%	Underperform Votes 174 40.94%

Does the media prefer LINK or KTCC?

In the previous week, Interlink Electronics had 1 more articles in the media than Key Tronic. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Interlink Electronics and 3 mentions for Key Tronic. Key Tronic's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Interlink Electronics' score of 0.94 indicating that Interlink Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Interlink Electronics	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Key Tronic	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer LINK or KTCC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Interlink Electronics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Key Tronic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LINK or KTCC?

0.4% of Interlink Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Key Tronic shares are held by institutional investors. 73.8% of Interlink Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Key Tronic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, LINK or KTCC?

Interlink Electronics has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Key Tronic has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Interlink Electronics beats Key Tronic on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.