ALNT vs. AEHR, INTT, TRNS, COHU, BAND, SES, CGNT, SCWX, PL, and SKYT
Should you be buying Allient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allient include Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), inTEST (INTT), Transcat (TRNS), Cohu (COHU), Bandwidth (BAND), SES AI (SES), Cognyte Software (CGNT), SecureWorks (SCWX), Planet Labs PBC (PL), and SkyWater Technology (SKYT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR) and Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Aehr Test Systems has a net margin of 21.43% compared to Aehr Test Systems' net margin of 4.16%. Allient's return on equity of 18.70% beat Aehr Test Systems' return on equity.
Aehr Test Systems has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allient has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.7% of Aehr Test Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Allient shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Aehr Test Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Allient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Allient had 9 more articles in the media than Aehr Test Systems. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Allient and 2 mentions for Aehr Test Systems. Allient's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Aehr Test Systems' score of 0.43 indicating that Aehr Test Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aehr Test Systems presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.72%. Allient has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.51%. Given Aehr Test Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Allient is more favorable than Aehr Test Systems.
Allient has higher revenue and earnings than Aehr Test Systems. Allient 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.
Aehr Test Systems received 130 more outperform votes than Allient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.82% of users gave Aehr Test Systems an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Allient an outperform vote.
Summary
Aehr Test Systems beats Allient on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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