Key Tronic (KTCC) Competitors

Eltek (NASDAQ:ELTK) and Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ELTK or KTCC?

64.6% of Eltek shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Key Tronic shares are held by institutional investors. 72.0% of Eltek shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Key Tronic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ELTK or KTCC more profitable?

Eltek has a net margin of 13.60% compared to Eltek's net margin of 0.72%. Key Tronic's return on equity of 26.20% beat Eltek's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eltek	13.60%	26.20%	14.77%
Key Tronic	0.72%	3.41%	1.10%

Do analysts rate ELTK or KTCC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eltek	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Key Tronic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ELTK or KTCC?

Key Tronic received 102 more outperform votes than Eltek when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.67% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote while only 53.31% of users gave Eltek an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eltek	Outperform Votes 145 53.31%	Underperform Votes 127 46.69%
Key Tronic	Outperform Votes 247 58.67%	Underperform Votes 174 41.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, ELTK or KTCC?

Eltek has a beta of -1.84, suggesting that its share price is 284% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Key Tronic has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ELTK or KTCC?

Eltek has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Key Tronic. Eltek is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Key Tronic, 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
Eltek	$46.69M	1.41	$6.35M	$1.07	10.12
Key Tronic	$620.34M	0.08	$5.16M	$0.41	11.15

Does the media prefer ELTK or KTCC?

In the previous week, Eltek had 2 more articles in the media than Key Tronic. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Eltek and 1 mentions for Key Tronic. Eltek's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Key Tronic's score of -0.28 indicating that Key Tronic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eltek	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Key Tronic	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Eltek beats Key Tronic on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.