ASTC vs. CLIR, DAIO, MSAI, STAI, PRPO, BNGO, TLIS, AXDX, TBIO, and SMIT
Should you be buying Astrotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astrotech include ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), Data I/O (DAIO), MultiSensor AI (MSAI), Scantech AI Systems (STAI), Precipio (PRPO), Bionano Genomics (BNGO), Talis Biomedical (TLIS), Accelerate Diagnostics (AXDX), Telesis Bio (TBIO), and Schmitt Industries (SMIT). These companies are all part of the "measuring and control equipment" industry.
Astrotech vs. Its Competitors
ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR) and Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Astrotech had 2 more articles in the media than ClearSign Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Astrotech and 1 mentions for ClearSign Technologies. ClearSign Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Astrotech's score of 0.62 indicating that ClearSign Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ClearSign Technologies has a net margin of -118.93% compared to Astrotech's net margin of -3,198.09%. Astrotech's return on equity of -40.44% beat ClearSign Technologies' return on equity.
ClearSign Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 230.14%. Given ClearSign Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Astrotech.
ClearSign Technologies received 25 more outperform votes than Astrotech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.64% of users gave Astrotech an outperform vote while only 40.58% of users gave ClearSign Technologies an outperform vote.
ClearSign Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Astrotech. ClearSign Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astrotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astrotech has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Astrotech shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of ClearSign Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Astrotech shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ClearSign Technologies beats Astrotech on 12 of the 18 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 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
