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DAIO vs. KEQU, NAUT, INTT, ODYS, OPXS, AKYA, OMIC, OPTX, AATC, and CLIR

Should you be buying Data I/O stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Data I/O include Kewaunee Scientific (KEQU), Nautilus Biotechnology (NAUT), inTEST (INTT), Odysight.ai (ODYS), Optex Systems (OPXS), Akoya Biosciences (AKYA), Singular Genomics Systems (OMIC), Syntec Optics (OPTX), Autoscope Technologies (AATC), and ClearSign Technologies (CLIR). These companies are all part of the "measuring and control equipment" industry.

Data I/O vs. Its Competitors

Data I/O (NASDAQ:DAIO) and Kewaunee Scientific (NASDAQ:KEQU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Kewaunee Scientific has a net margin of 4.74% compared to Data I/O's net margin of -12.21%. Kewaunee Scientific's return on equity of 26.69% beat Data I/O's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Data I/O-12.21% -14.56% -10.84%
Kewaunee Scientific 4.74%26.69%10.56%

Data I/O has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kewaunee Scientific has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Data I/O presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.89%. Given Data I/O's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Data I/O is more favorable than Kewaunee Scientific.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Data I/O
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kewaunee Scientific
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Kewaunee Scientific has higher revenue and earnings than Data I/O. Data I/O is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kewaunee Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Data I/O$21.77M1.28-$3.09M-$0.29-10.38
Kewaunee Scientific$240.47M0.68$11.40M$5.919.74

In the previous week, Kewaunee Scientific had 5 more articles in the media than Data I/O. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kewaunee Scientific and 0 mentions for Data I/O. Data I/O's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Kewaunee Scientific's score of 0.96 indicating that Data I/O is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Data I/O Very Positive
Kewaunee Scientific Positive

37.0% of Data I/O shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Data I/O shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Kewaunee Scientific beats Data I/O on 9 of the 16 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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DAIO vs. The Competition

MetricData I/OELEC IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$28.18M$5.23B$27.19B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A2.96%3.15%4.10%
P/E Ratio-10.3831.5136.0419.90
Price / Sales1.282.232,037.69113.66
Price / CashN/A22.1837.6556.90
Price / Book1.582.257.055.38
Net Income-$3.09M$171.53M$763.02M$248.50M
7 Day Performance1.01%1.21%3.10%2.97%
1 Month Performance8.27%6.73%6.51%6.02%
1 Year Performance9.06%-0.68%52,212.28%20.39%

Data I/O Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAIO
Data I/O
2.4657 of 5 stars
$3.01
-1.3%
$4.00
+32.9%
+9.7%$28.18M$21.77M-10.38100Positive News
KEQU
Kewaunee Scientific
2.3869 of 5 stars
$36.91
+0.6%
N/A+35.0%$104.73M$203.76M6.251,006Earnings Report
NAUT
Nautilus Biotechnology
2.4691 of 5 stars
$0.70
-2.7%
$2.13
+205.7%
-67.8%$90.16MN/A-1.29130Positive News
High Trading Volume
INTT
inTEST
3.5159 of 5 stars
$6.92
+0.4%
$12.00
+73.4%
-30.7%$86.47M$127.50M30.09320
ODYS
Odysight.ai
1.6311 of 5 stars
$4.82
-1.8%
$10.00
+107.5%
N/A$80.11M$3.96M-4.7340News Coverage
Gap Up
OPXS
Optex Systems
1.7898 of 5 stars
$10.50
-2.1%
N/A+64.7%$74.11M$33.99M14.7980Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
AKYA
Akoya Biosciences
2.0125 of 5 stars
$1.29
+2.4%
$2.51
+94.3%
-40.3%$62.94M$81.67M-1.3390
OMIC
Singular Genomics Systems
0.3581 of 5 stars
$20.01
flat
$6.50
-67.5%
N/A$50.83M$2.91M-0.57220
OPTX
Syntec Optics
1.109 of 5 stars
$1.33
+4.7%
N/A-51.6%$46.59M$29.44M0.003Positive News
AATC
Autoscope Technologies
N/A$7.25
-3.1%
N/A+12.3%$39.77M$12.89M8.2440
CLIR
ClearSign Technologies
2.2956 of 5 stars
$0.58
-7.0%
$2.00
+246.7%
-38.6%$32.52M$3.60M-4.8110

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This page (NASDAQ:DAIO) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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