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$12.14 -0.34 (-2.69%)
As of 07/3/2025 01:15 PM Eastern
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ALOT vs. KOPN, RDCM, DDD, LTRX, MKFG, SILC, OSS, INVE, QMCO, and LINK

Should you be buying AstroNova stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AstroNova include Kopin (KOPN), Radcom (RDCM), 3D Systems (DDD), Lantronix (LTRX), Markforged (MKFG), Silicom (SILC), One Stop Systems (OSS), Identiv (INVE), Quantum (QMCO), and Interlink Electronics (LINK). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.

AstroNova vs. Its Competitors

Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) and AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) are both small-cap computer hardware companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Kopin presently has a consensus price target of $2.58, suggesting a potential upside of 61.46%. Given Kopin's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kopin is more favorable than AstroNova.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kopin
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
AstroNova
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Kopin has a beta of 2.85, meaning that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AstroNova has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AstroNova has a net margin of -10.28% compared to Kopin's net margin of -28.70%. AstroNova's return on equity of 2.21% beat Kopin's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kopin-28.70% -87.81% -22.85%
AstroNova -10.28%2.21%1.18%

AstroNova has higher revenue and earnings than Kopin. Kopin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AstroNova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kopin$50.84M5.12-$43.88M-$0.11-14.55
AstroNova$151.28M0.61-$14.49M-$2.13-5.70

31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of AstroNova shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Kopin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of AstroNova shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Kopin and Kopin both had 2 articles in the media. AstroNova's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Kopin's score of 0.19 indicating that AstroNova is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kopin
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AstroNova
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

AstroNova beats Kopin on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ALOT vs. The Competition

MetricAstroNovaTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$91.69M$2.41B$13.13B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A1.37%2.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio-5.7031.6828.9520.25
Price / Sales0.6136.6141.15118.18
Price / Cash4.3543.4826.6558.07
Price / Book1.205.876.295.67
Net Income-$14.49M$32.32M$188.91M$249.21M
7 Day Performance30.48%5.99%3.69%3.27%
1 Month Performance29.37%8.22%4.72%5.55%
1 Year Performance-14.36%58.94%38.85%21.08%

AstroNova Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALOT
AstroNova
0.9239 of 5 stars
$12.14
-2.7%
N/A-16.6%$91.69M$151.28M-5.70340Gap Down
KOPN
Kopin
1.9483 of 5 stars
$1.53
-1.3%
$2.58
+68.8%
+74.0%$252.34M$50.33M-13.91180
RDCM
Radcom
4.6414 of 5 stars
$13.59
+1.0%
$18.00
+32.5%
+44.5%$210.65M$61.01M25.17280Positive News
High Trading Volume
DDD
3D Systems
3.4828 of 5 stars
$1.54
+1.3%
$3.67
+138.1%
-43.5%$207.35M$440.12M-0.741,833
LTRX
Lantronix
3.5329 of 5 stars
$2.87
-4.7%
$3.83
+33.6%
-16.5%$117.06M$160.33M-13.05350
MKFG
Markforged
1.0073 of 5 stars
$4.60
-3.0%
$5.00
+8.7%
-3.3%$95.44M$85.09M-1.06370Gap Down
SILC
Silicom
1.2445 of 5 stars
$15.47
-1.3%
N/A-0.5%$88.94M$58.11M-7.97320
OSS
One Stop Systems
2.158 of 5 stars
$3.55
-4.6%
$4.50
+26.8%
+81.6%$80.31M$54.69M-5.30110High Trading Volume
INVE
Identiv
3.6553 of 5 stars
$3.26
+3.5%
$6.50
+99.4%
-21.0%$74.39M$26.63M1.08330Gap Up
High Trading Volume
QMCO
Quantum
2.5895 of 5 stars
$9.97
+10.3%
$19.00
+90.6%
+13.6%$62.83M$311.60M0.00900Upcoming Earnings
LINK
Interlink Electronics
0.2829 of 5 stars
$7.55
+6.6%
N/A+70.9%$48.94M$11.22M83.8990Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:ALOT) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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