TACT vs. INVE, MNDO, AWRE, CREX, NEON, DTST, MRDB, FKWL, LTRPA, and ICAD
Should you be buying TransAct Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAct Technologies include Identiv (INVE), MIND C.T.I. (MNDO), Aware (AWRE), Creative Realities (CREX), Neonode (NEON), Data Storage (DTST), MariaDB (MRDB), Franklin Wireless (FKWL), Liberty TripAdvisor (LTRPA), and iCAD (ICAD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Identiv (NASDAQ:INVE) and TransAct Technologies (NASDAQ:TACT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.
TransAct Technologies received 2 more outperform votes than Identiv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.39% of users gave TransAct Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave Identiv an outperform vote.
Identiv has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransAct Technologies has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Identiv presently has a consensus target price of $8.75, suggesting a potential upside of 108.83%. TransAct Technologies has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 114.29%. Given Identiv's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TransAct Technologies is more favorable than Identiv.
In the previous week, Identiv had 10 more articles in the media than TransAct Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Identiv and 0 mentions for TransAct Technologies. TransAct Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Identiv's score of 0.00 indicating that Identiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TransAct Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Identiv. Identiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAct Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.2% of Identiv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Identiv shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TransAct Technologies has a net margin of 0.94% compared to TransAct Technologies' net margin of -6.49%. Identiv's return on equity of 5.06% beat TransAct Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
TransAct Technologies beats Identiv on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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