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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
inTEST presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 131.56%. Aehr Test Systems has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.62%. Given Aehr Test Systems' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe inTEST is more favorable than Aehr Test Systems.
inTEST has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aehr Test Systems has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Aehr Test Systems had 1 more articles in the media than inTEST. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Aehr Test Systems and 3 mentions for inTEST. inTEST's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Aehr Test Systems' score of -0.17 indicating that Aehr Test Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
63.2% of inTEST shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Aehr Test Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of inTEST shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Aehr Test Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Aehr Test Systems beats inTEST on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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