TACT vs. LINK, INVE, ALOT, RDCM, AILE, GAN, CMTL, PHUN, LPTH, and REFR
Should you be buying TransAct Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAct Technologies include Interlink Electronics (LINK), Identiv (INVE), AstroNova (ALOT), RADCOM (RDCM), iLearningEngines (AILE), GAN (GAN), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Phunware (PHUN), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), and Research Frontiers (REFR).
Interlink Electronics (NASDAQ:LINK) and TransAct Technologies (NASDAQ:TACT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
0.4% of Interlink Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.8% of Interlink Electronics 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TransAct Technologies has a net margin of 6.54% compared to TransAct Technologies' net margin of 5.99%. Interlink Electronics' return on equity of 15.96% beat TransAct Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, TransAct Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than Interlink Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TransAct Technologies and 0 mentions for Interlink Electronics. Interlink Electronics' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat TransAct Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that TransAct Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TransAct Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Interlink Electronics. TransAct Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interlink Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Interlink Electronics has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less 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.
TransAct Technologies received 147 more outperform votes than Interlink Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.48% of users gave Interlink Electronics an outperform vote while only 62.23% of users gave TransAct Technologies an outperform vote.
TransAct Technologies has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 73.75%. Given Interlink Electronics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TransAct Technologies is more favorable than Interlink Electronics.
Summary
TransAct Technologies beats Interlink Electronics on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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