Intrusion (INTZ) Competitors

Markforged (NYSE:MKFG) and Intrusion (NASDAQ:INTZ) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.

Do analysts recommend MKFG or INTZ?

Markforged presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.70%. Intrusion has a consensus price target of $6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 291.85%. Given Intrusion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Intrusion is more favorable than Markforged.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Markforged	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Intrusion	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MKFG or INTZ?

Intrusion received 4 more outperform votes than Markforged when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 35.48% of users gave Markforged an outperform vote while only 28.85% of users gave Intrusion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Markforged	Outperform Votes 11 35.48%	Underperform Votes 20 64.52%
Intrusion	Outperform Votes 15 28.85%	Underperform Votes 37 71.15%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MKFG or INTZ?

87.3% of Markforged shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Intrusion shares are held by institutional investors. 34.7% of Markforged shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.1% of Intrusion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MKFG or INTZ?

Intrusion has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Markforged. Intrusion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Markforged, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Markforged	$85.09M	1.12	-$103.57M	-$4.21	-1.09
Intrusion	$6.42M	4.95	-$13.89M	-$1.35	-1.18

Which has more risk & volatility, MKFG or INTZ?

Markforged has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intrusion has a beta of -1.33, meaning that its stock price is 233% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MKFG or INTZ?

In the previous week, Markforged's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Intrusion'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Markforged	Neutral
Intrusion	Neutral

Is MKFG or INTZ more profitable?

Markforged has a net margin of -101.18% compared to Intrusion's net margin of -158.40%. Intrusion's return on equity of 0.00% beat Markforged's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Markforged	-101.18%	-34.99%	-19.88%
Intrusion	-158.40%	N/A	-128.76%

Summary

Intrusion beats Markforged on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.