CRKN vs. OST, VRT, LPL, PI, AEIS, VICR, VREX, MVIS, NEON, and NSYS
Should you be buying Crown ElectroKinetics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crown ElectroKinetics include Ostin Technology Group (OST), Vertiv (VRT), LG Display (LPL), Impinj (PI), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Vicor (VICR), Varex Imaging (VREX), MicroVision (MVIS), Neonode (NEON), and Nortech Systems (NSYS). These companies are all part of the "electronic components, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Ostin Technology Group (NASDAQ:OST) and Crown ElectroKinetics (NASDAQ:CRKN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Crown ElectroKinetics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Ostin Technology Group's return on equity.
Crown ElectroKinetics received 7 more outperform votes than Ostin Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
21.9% of Ostin Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.3% of Crown ElectroKinetics shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.8% of Ostin Technology Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Crown ElectroKinetics 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, Ostin Technology Group had 1 more articles in the media than Crown ElectroKinetics. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ostin Technology Group and 4 mentions for Crown ElectroKinetics. Crown ElectroKinetics' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Ostin Technology Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Ostin Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ostin Technology Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown ElectroKinetics has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ostin Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than Crown ElectroKinetics.
Summary
Ostin Technology Group beats Crown ElectroKinetics on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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