ASTC vs. DAIO, PRPO, MSAI, STAI, BNGO, TLIS, SMIT, TBIO, SPEC, and THMO
Should you be buying Astrotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astrotech include Data I/O (DAIO), Precipio (PRPO), MultiSensor AI (MSAI), ScanTech AI Systems (STAI), Bionano Genomics (BNGO), Talis Biomedical (TLIS), Schmitt Industries (SMIT), Telesis Bio (TBIO), Spectaire (SPEC), and ThermoGenesis (THMO). 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Astrotech's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Data I/O'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
24.4% of Astrotech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Data I/O shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.9% of Astrotech shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Data I/O shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Data I/O has a consensus price target of $5.22, suggesting a potential upside of 73.42%. Given Data I/O's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Data I/O is more favorable than Astrotech.
Astrotech has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Data I/O has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Data I/O beats Astrotech on 11 of the 14 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 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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