INVE vs. ALOT, KOPN, SILC, MKFG, KTCC, TACT, RDCM, LINK, HUBC, and WLDS
Should you be buying Identiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Identiv include AstroNova (ALOT), Kopin (KOPN), Silicom (SILC), Markforged (MKFG), Key Tronic (KTCC), TransAct Technologies (TACT), RADCOM (RDCM), Interlink Electronics (LINK), HUB Cyber Security (HUBC), and Wearable Devices (WLDS).
Identiv (NASDAQ:INVE) and AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
Identiv has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AstroNova has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AstroNova had 1 more articles in the media than Identiv. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for AstroNova and 1 mentions for Identiv. AstroNova's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Identiv's score of 1.24 indicating that AstroNova is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AstroNova has higher revenue and earnings than Identiv. Identiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AstroNova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Identiv presently has a consensus price target of $8.75, suggesting a potential upside of 116.05%. Given Identiv's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Identiv is more favorable than AstroNova.
AstroNova has a net margin of 3.45% compared to Identiv's net margin of -6.49%. AstroNova's return on equity of 8.52% beat Identiv's return on equity.
Identiv received 68 more outperform votes than AstroNova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.16% of users gave AstroNova an outperform vote while only 62.10% of users gave Identiv an outperform vote.
65.2% of Identiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of AstroNova shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Identiv shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of AstroNova shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
AstroNova beats Identiv on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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