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ASTC vs. CLIR, MSAI, DAIO, AXDX, BNGO, PRPO, STAI, TLIS, TBIO, and SMIT

Should you be buying Astrotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astrotech include ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), MultiSensor AI (MSAI), Data I/O (DAIO), Accelerate Diagnostics (AXDX), Bionano Genomics (BNGO), Precipio (PRPO), Scantech AI Systems (STAI), Talis Biomedical (TLIS), Telesis Bio (TBIO), and Schmitt Industries (SMIT). These companies are all part of the "measuring and control equipment" industry.

Astrotech vs.

ClearSign Technologies (NASDAQ:CLIR) and Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

ClearSign Technologies has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astrotech has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, ClearSign Technologies and ClearSign Technologies both had 1 articles in the media. ClearSign Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Astrotech's score of 1.52 indicating that ClearSign Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ClearSign Technologies Very Positive
Astrotech Very Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ClearSign Technologies-118.93% -50.44% -41.41%
Astrotech -3,198.09%-40.44%-37.41%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ClearSign Technologies$3.60M8.64-$5.19M-$0.11-5.39
Astrotech$419K23.72-$11.67M-$8.17-0.71

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 40.91% of users gave ClearSign Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ClearSign TechnologiesOutperform Votes
153
40.91%
Underperform Votes
221
59.09%
AstrotechOutperform Votes
128
56.64%
Underperform Votes
98
43.36%

ClearSign Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 237.50%. Given ClearSign Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ClearSign Technologies is more favorable than Astrotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ClearSign Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Astrotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

ClearSign Technologies beats Astrotech on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ASTC vs. The Competition

MetricAstrotechAnalytical instruments IndustryAerospace SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.13M$4.16B$20.09B$7.82B
Dividend YieldN/A0.57%1.29%4.22%
P/E Ratio-0.7127.2950.0318.48
Price / Sales23.724.235.51103.60
Price / CashN/A36.1529.7634.62
Price / Book0.291.685.404.25
Net Income-$11.67M-$83.57M$324.21M$248.23M
7 Day Performance-2.99%-3.36%3.60%0.89%
1 Month Performance-8.68%0.22%4.52%3.53%
1 Year Performance-35.85%-33.36%24.69%5.08%

Astrotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASTC
Astrotech
0.9905 of 5 stars
$5.84
-1.8%
N/A-36.2%$10.13M$419,000.00-0.7110Positive News
CLIR
ClearSign Technologies
2.8066 of 5 stars
$0.58
-1.7%
$2.00
+244.8%
-25.0%$30.40M$3.60M-5.2710Positive News
Gap Up
MSAI
MultiSensor AI
3.893 of 5 stars
$0.79
+0.1%
$2.50
+216.5%
-72.9%$26.03M$7.40M0.0035Positive News
DAIO
Data I/O
1.836 of 5 stars
$2.06
+3.5%
$4.00
+94.2%
-20.0%$19.03M$21.77M-10.84100Earnings Report
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AXDX
Accelerate Diagnostics
2.7719 of 5 stars
$0.57
+6.7%
N/A-41.0%$14.26M$11.70M-0.20220Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
BNGO
Bionano Genomics
1.5874 of 5 stars
$4.00
flat
$44.67
+1,016.7%
-92.5%$12.03M$30.78M-0.03300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
PRPO
Precipio
1.0878 of 5 stars
$5.45
+4.0%
N/A+5.7%$8.20M$18.53M-2.9860Short Interest ↑
STAI
Scantech AI Systems
N/A$1.69
-2.3%
N/AN/A$7.56M$522,166.000.00N/A
TLIS
Talis Biomedical
N/A$1.60
-5.9%
N/A-81.4%$2.92M$300,000.00-0.06260Upcoming Earnings
TBIO
Telesis Bio
N/A$0.84
-8.9%
N/A-91.5%$1.51M$225.09M-0.03200
SMIT
Schmitt Industries
N/A$0.02
flat
N/A-30.0%$72,000.00$9.89M0.00160

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