MIND Technology (MIND) Competitors

AmpliTech Group (NASDAQ:AMPG) and MIND Technology (NASDAQ:MIND) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AMPG or MIND?

11.0% of AmpliTech Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.8% of MIND Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 29.8% of AmpliTech Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of MIND Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, AMPG or MIND?

AmpliTech Group has a beta of -1.09, indicating that its share price is 209% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MIND Technology has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AMPG or MIND?

MIND Technology has higher revenue and earnings than AmpliTech Group. AmpliTech Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MIND Technology, 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
AmpliTech Group	$9.51M	3.72	-$2.46M	-$1.08	-1.67
MIND Technology	$46.86M	0.20	$270K	$3.01	2.19

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMPG or MIND?

MIND Technology received 131 more outperform votes than AmpliTech Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.87% of users gave MIND Technology an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave AmpliTech Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AmpliTech Group	Outperform Votes 38 66.67%	Underperform Votes 19 33.33%
MIND Technology	Outperform Votes 169 67.87%	Underperform Votes 80 32.13%

Do analysts rate AMPG or MIND?

AmpliTech Group presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 177.78%. Given AmpliTech Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AmpliTech Group is more favorable than MIND Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AmpliTech Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
MIND Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is AMPG or MIND more profitable?

MIND Technology has a net margin of 9.92% compared to AmpliTech Group's net margin of -68.09%. AmpliTech Group's return on equity of -35.34% beat MIND Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AmpliTech Group	-68.09%	-35.34%	-28.57%
MIND Technology	9.92%	-104.48%	12.74%

Does the media prefer AMPG or MIND?

In the previous week, AmpliTech Group and AmpliTech Group both had 2 articles in the media. AmpliTech Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat MIND Technology's score of 0.49 indicating that AmpliTech Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AmpliTech Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MIND Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

MIND Technology beats AmpliTech Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.