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Kewaunee Scientific (KEQU) Competitors

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KEQU vs. ALNT, AEHR, QSI, QTRX, MASS, FEIM, SEER, RPID, NAUT, and ODYS

Should you be buying Kewaunee Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kewaunee Scientific include Allient (ALNT), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), Quantum-Si (QSI), Quanterix (QTRX), 908 Devices (MASS), Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Seer (SEER), Rapid Micro Biosystems (RPID), Nautilus Biotechnology (NAUT), and Odysight.Ai (ODYS). These companies are all part of the "measuring and control equipment" industry.

Kewaunee Scientific vs.

Kewaunee Scientific (NASDAQ:KEQU) and Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.

32.7% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Allient shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Allient shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Allient has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.32%. Given Allient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Allient is more favorable than Kewaunee Scientific.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kewaunee Scientific
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Allient
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

Kewaunee Scientific received 136 more outperform votes than Allient when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Allient an outperform vote while only 67.62% of users gave Kewaunee Scientific an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kewaunee ScientificOutperform Votes
142
67.62%
Underperform Votes
68
32.38%
AllientOutperform Votes
6
75.00%
Underperform Votes
2
25.00%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kewaunee Scientific$220.03M0.41$18.75M$5.915.33
Allient$529.97M0.69$24.10M$0.8027.04

Kewaunee Scientific has a net margin of 9.39% compared to Allient's net margin of 2.64%. Kewaunee Scientific's return on equity of 25.83% beat Allient's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kewaunee Scientific9.39% 25.83% 10.75%
Allient 2.64%10.80%4.75%

In the previous week, Allient had 3 more articles in the media than Kewaunee Scientific. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Allient and 3 mentions for Kewaunee Scientific. Kewaunee Scientific's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Allient's score of 0.49 indicating that Kewaunee Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kewaunee Scientific
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Allient
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Kewaunee Scientific pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Allient pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Kewaunee Scientific pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allient pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Kewaunee Scientific is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Kewaunee Scientific has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allient has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Allient beats Kewaunee Scientific on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KEQU vs. The Competition

MetricKewaunee ScientificLaboratory apparatus & furniture IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$89.88M$89.88M$23.43B$7.93B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.96%4.22%
P/E Ratio4.994.9942.3518.54
Price / Sales0.410.412,105.70103.30
Price / Cash45.3045.3034.7234.62
Price / Book2.312.316.184.25
Net Income$18.75M$18.75M$737.35M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-8.62%-8.62%1.23%1.03%
1 Month Performance-17.14%-17.14%1.65%2.70%
1 Year Performance-12.51%-12.51%52,704.80%4.05%

Kewaunee Scientific Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEQU
Kewaunee Scientific
2.8358 of 5 stars
$32.51
+3.3%
N/A-12.8%$92.82M$220.03M5.15890Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ALNT
Allient
3.997 of 5 stars
$20.32
-3.3%
$31.00
+52.6%
-26.5%$344.38M$529.97M23.091,950Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
AEHR
Aehr Test Systems
3.596 of 5 stars
$7.96
-1.6%
$25.00
+214.1%
-28.7%$236.98M$61.48M10.6190Positive News
QSI
Quantum-Si
2.4239 of 5 stars
$1.09
-5.2%
$3.48
+218.8%
-35.6%$199.62M$3.06M-1.70150Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
QTRX
Quanterix
2.1891 of 5 stars
$4.89
-5.0%
$18.25
+273.2%
-65.0%$189.68M$135.44M-4.61460Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
MASS
908 Devices
1.1213 of 5 stars
$4.80
+0.8%
$5.33
+11.1%
-5.6%$169.58M$59.63M-2.7160
FEIM
Frequency Electronics
2.0725 of 5 stars
$16.57
-4.1%
N/A+85.2%$160.35M$65.40M20.21200News Coverage
Positive News
SEER
Seer
1.98 of 5 stars
$1.97
flat
$3.00
+52.3%
-3.8%$117.77M$13.95M-1.52160Upcoming Earnings
RPID
Rapid Micro Biosystems
2.2187 of 5 stars
$2.27
-5.4%
$8.00
+252.4%
+141.9%$98.15M$28.05M-2.03200Gap Down
NAUT
Nautilus Biotechnology
2.6787 of 5 stars
$0.72
-5.0%
$2.42
+235.6%
-75.4%$90.83MN/A-1.29130Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
ODYS
Odysight.Ai
1.6146 of 5 stars
$5.27
-1.5%
$10.00
+89.8%
N/A$85.94M$3.96M-6.1340News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:KEQU) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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