TRNS vs. COHU, AMOT, ALNT, AEHR, INTT, FEIM, DAIO, VLTO, TER, and ITRI
Should you be buying Transcat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transcat include Cohu (COHU), Allied Motion Technologies (AMOT), Allient (ALNT), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), inTEST (INTT), Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Data I/O (DAIO), Veralto (VLTO), Teradyne (TER), and Itron (ITRI). These companies are all part of the "instruments to measure electricity" industry.
Cohu (NASDAQ:COHU) and Transcat (NASDAQ:TRNS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Cohu has higher revenue and earnings than Transcat. Cohu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cohu has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcat has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Transcat has a net margin of 5.26% compared to Transcat's net margin of -0.38%. Cohu's return on equity of 9.50% beat Transcat's return on equity.
Cohu currently has a consensus price target of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.43%. Transcat has a consensus price target of $142.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.92%. Given Transcat's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Cohu is more favorable than Transcat.
In the previous week, Transcat had 2 more articles in the media than Cohu. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Transcat and 0 mentions for Cohu. Cohu's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Transcat's score of 0.00 indicating that Transcat is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.7% of Cohu shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Transcat shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Cohu shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Transcat shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cohu received 245 more outperform votes than Transcat when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.22% of users gave Cohu an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Transcat an outperform vote.
Summary
Transcat beats Cohu on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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