INTT vs. FEIM, ALNT, AEYE, RDCM, CSPI, ZFOX, ULBI, RELL, LICY, and ATOM
Should you be buying inTEST stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of inTEST include Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Allient (ALNT), AudioEye (AEYE), RADCOM (RDCM), CSP (CSPI), ZeroFox (ZFOX), Ultralife (ULBI), Richardson Electronics (RELL), Li-Cycle (LICY), and Atomera (ATOM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
inTEST (NYSE:INTT) and Frequency Electronics (NASDAQ:FEIM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
inTEST currently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 131.16%. Given inTEST's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe inTEST is more favorable than Frequency Electronics.
inTEST has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frequency Electronics has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
63.2% of inTEST shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Frequency Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of inTEST shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Frequency Electronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
inTEST has a net margin of 8.02% compared to Frequency Electronics' net margin of 6.10%. inTEST's return on equity of 13.46% beat Frequency Electronics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Frequency Electronics had 1 more articles in the media than inTEST. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Frequency Electronics and 3 mentions for inTEST. Frequency Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat inTEST's score of -0.33 indicating that Frequency Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
inTEST has higher revenue and earnings than Frequency Electronics. inTEST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frequency Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Frequency Electronics received 74 more outperform votes than inTEST when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.12% of users gave Frequency Electronics an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave inTEST an outperform vote.
Summary
inTEST beats Frequency Electronics on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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