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 measuring and control equipment companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
24.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Astrotech shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of ClearSign Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Astrotech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ClearSign Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Astrotech. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ClearSign Technologies and 0 mentions for Astrotech. ClearSign Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Astrotech'saverage media sentiment score.
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 presently has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 243.05%. Given ClearSign Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Astrotech.
ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% 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.
ClearSign Technologies has a net margin of -216.48% compared to Astrotech's net margin of -1,536.99%. ClearSign Technologies' return on equity of -44.36% beat Astrotech's return on equity.
Summary
ClearSign Technologies beats Astrotech on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:ASTC) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
