LINK vs. MKFG, SILC, LTRX, QMCO, INVE, ALOT, OSS, TACT, ZEPP, and INTZ
Should you be buying Interlink Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interlink Electronics include Markforged (MKFG), Silicom (SILC), Lantronix (LTRX), Quantum (QMCO), Identiv (INVE), AstroNova (ALOT), One Stop Systems (OSS), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Zepp Health (ZEPP), and Intrusion (INTZ). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.
Interlink Electronics vs. Its Competitors
Interlink Electronics (NASDAQ:LINK) and Markforged (NYSE:MKFG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
Interlink Electronics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Markforged. Markforged is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interlink Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
0.4% of Interlink Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Markforged shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.8% of Interlink Electronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Markforged shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Markforged has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.70%. Given Markforged's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Markforged is more favorable than Interlink Electronics.
In the previous week, Interlink Electronics had 1 more articles in the media than Markforged. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Interlink Electronics and 0 mentions for Markforged. Interlink Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Markforged's score of 0.00 indicating that Interlink Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Interlink Electronics has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Markforged's net margin of -101.18%. Interlink Electronics' return on equity of 7.39% beat Markforged's return on equity.
Interlink Electronics received 132 more outperform votes than Markforged when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.48% of users gave Interlink Electronics an outperform vote while only 35.48% of users gave Markforged an outperform vote.
Interlink Electronics has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markforged has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Interlink Electronics beats Markforged on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LINK) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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