AEHR vs. INTT, ALNT, FEIM, DAIO, TRNS, MTLS, GILT, TGAN, OUST, and SPOK
Should you be buying Aehr Test Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aehr Test Systems include inTEST (INTT), Allient (ALNT), Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Data I/O (DAIO), Transcat (TRNS), Materialise (MTLS), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Transphorm (TGAN), Ouster (OUST), and Spok (SPOK). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
inTEST (NYSE:INTT) and Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.
inTEST presently has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 137.05%. Aehr Test Systems has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.46%. Given Aehr Test Systems' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe inTEST is more favorable than Aehr Test Systems.
Aehr Test Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than inTEST. inTEST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aehr Test Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
63.2% of inTEST shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Aehr Test Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of inTEST shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Aehr Test Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Aehr Test Systems had 3 more articles in the media than inTEST. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aehr Test Systems and 2 mentions for inTEST. inTEST's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Aehr Test Systems' score of -0.25 indicating that Aehr Test Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
inTEST has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aehr Test Systems has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aehr Test Systems has a net margin of 21.43% compared to Aehr Test Systems' net margin of 8.02%. inTEST's return on equity of 18.70% beat Aehr Test Systems' return on equity.
Aehr Test Systems received 124 more outperform votes than inTEST when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.82% of users gave Aehr Test Systems an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave inTEST an outperform vote.
Summary
Aehr Test Systems beats inTEST on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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