DAIO vs. NTWK, RFIL, LGL, MRDB, CREX, DTST, FKWL, UTSI, INSG, and TRT
Should you be buying Data I/O stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Data I/O include NetSol Technologies (NTWK), RF Industries (RFIL), The LGL Group (LGL), MariaDB (MRDB), Creative Realities (CREX), Data Storage (DTST), Franklin Wireless (FKWL), UTStarcom (UTSI), Inseego (INSG), and Trio-Tech International (TRT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Data I/O (NASDAQ:DAIO) and NetSol Technologies (NASDAQ:NTWK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Data I/O had 2 more articles in the media than NetSol Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Data I/O and 0 mentions for NetSol Technologies. Data I/O's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled NetSol Technologies'average media sentiment score.
NetSol Technologies received 66 more outperform votes than Data I/O when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.41% of users gave Data I/O an outperform vote while only 66.11% of users gave NetSol Technologies an outperform vote.
37.0% of Data I/O shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of NetSol Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Data I/O shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of NetSol Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Data I/O has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetSol Technologies has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Data I/O has a net margin of 1.73% compared to NetSol Technologies' net margin of -3.68%. Data I/O's return on equity of 2.46% beat NetSol Technologies' return on equity.
Data I/O has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NetSol Technologies. NetSol Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Data I/O, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Data I/O beats NetSol Technologies on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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