TACT vs. MKFG, SILC, LTRX, INVE, QMCO, ALOT, OSS, LINK, ZEPP, and FOXX
Should you be buying TransAct Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAct Technologies include Markforged (MKFG), Silicom (SILC), Lantronix (LTRX), Identiv (INVE), Quantum (QMCO), AstroNova (ALOT), One Stop Systems (OSS), Interlink Electronics (LINK), Zepp Health (ZEPP), and Foxx Development (FOXX). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.
TransAct Technologies vs.
TransAct Technologies (NASDAQ:TACT) and Markforged (NYSE:MKFG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
TransAct Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 119.94%. Markforged has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.70%. Given TransAct Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TransAct Technologies is more favorable than Markforged.
TransAct Technologies has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Markforged has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TransAct Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Markforged. TransAct Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Markforged, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TransAct Technologies received 295 more outperform votes than Markforged when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.59% of users gave TransAct Technologies an outperform vote while only 35.48% of users gave Markforged an outperform vote.
74.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Markforged shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Markforged shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Markforged had 4 more articles in the media than TransAct Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Markforged and 3 mentions for TransAct Technologies. TransAct Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Markforged's score of 0.36 indicating that TransAct Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TransAct Technologies has a net margin of -4.24% compared to Markforged's net margin of -101.18%. TransAct Technologies' return on equity of -5.08% beat Markforged's return on equity.
Summary
TransAct Technologies beats Markforged on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TACT) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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