ASTC vs. DAIO, PRPO, CLIR, MSAI, STAI, BNGO, TLIS, SMIT, SPEC, and TBIO
Should you be buying Astrotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astrotech include Data I/O (DAIO), Precipio (PRPO), ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), MultiSensor AI (MSAI), ScanTech AI Systems (STAI), Bionano Genomics (BNGO), Talis Biomedical (TLIS), Schmitt Industries (SMIT), Spectaire (SPEC), and Telesis Bio (TBIO). These companies are all part of the "measuring and control equipment" industry.
Astrotech vs. Its Competitors
Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC) and Data I/O (NASDAQ:DAIO) are both small-cap measuring and control equipment companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
24.4% of Astrotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Data I/O shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Astrotech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Data I/O shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Astrotech has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Data I/O has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Astrotech had 2 more articles in the media than Data I/O. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Astrotech and 2 mentions for Data I/O. Data I/O's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Astrotech's score of 0.32 indicating that Data I/O is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Data I/O has a consensus price target of $5.22, indicating a potential upside of 54.44%. Given Data I/O's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Data I/O is more favorable than Astrotech.
Data I/O has a net margin of -11.49% compared to Astrotech's net margin of -1,320.31%. Data I/O's return on equity of -14.60% beat Astrotech's return on equity.
Data I/O has higher revenue and earnings than Astrotech. Data I/O is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astrotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Data I/O beats Astrotech on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NASDAQ:ASTC) was last updated on 9/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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