DAIO vs. FEIM, LGL, RFIL, NTWK, SQNS, NCTY, DTST, ARBB, MRDB, and SYPR
Should you be buying Data I/O stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Data I/O include Frequency Electronics (FEIM), The LGL Group (LGL), RF Industries (RFIL), NetSol Technologies (NTWK), Sequans Communications (SQNS), The9 (NCTY), Data Storage (DTST), ARB IOT Group (ARBB), MariaDB (MRDB), and Sypris Solutions (SYPR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Data I/O (NASDAQ:DAIO) and Frequency Electronics (NASDAQ:FEIM) 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 media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Frequency Electronics has a net margin of 6.10% compared to Data I/O's net margin of -1.54%. Frequency Electronics' return on equity of 9.12% beat Data I/O's return on equity.
Data I/O has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Frequency Electronics. Data I/O is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frequency Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Data I/O has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frequency Electronics has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Data I/O had 4 more articles in the media than Frequency Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Data I/O and 5 mentions for Frequency Electronics. Frequency Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Data I/O's score of 0.01 indicating that Frequency Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
37.0% of Data I/O shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Frequency Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Data I/O shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Frequency Electronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Data I/O received 91 more outperform votes than Frequency Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave Data I/O an outperform vote while only 59.12% of users gave Frequency Electronics an outperform vote.
Summary
Frequency Electronics beats Data I/O on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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