TACT vs. KTCC, LINK, RDCM, ALOT, INVE, MKFG, PANW, FTNT, LOGI, and XRX
Should you be buying TransAct Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAct Technologies include Key Tronic (KTCC), Interlink Electronics (LINK), RADCOM (RDCM), AstroNova (ALOT), Identiv (INVE), Markforged (MKFG), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Fortinet (FTNT), Logitech International (LOGI), and Xerox (XRX).
TransAct Technologies (NASDAQ:TACT) and Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) 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, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
TransAct Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 82.93%. Given TransAct Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TransAct Technologies is more favorable than Key Tronic.
TransAct Technologies has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Key Tronic has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
74.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Key Tronic shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Key Tronic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, TransAct Technologies and TransAct Technologies both had 4 articles in the media. TransAct Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Key Tronic's score of 0.22 indicating that TransAct Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Key Tronic has higher revenue and earnings than TransAct Technologies. TransAct Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Key Tronic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TransAct Technologies has a net margin of 0.94% compared to Key Tronic's net margin of 0.04%. TransAct Technologies' return on equity of 5.06% beat Key Tronic's return on equity.
TransAct Technologies received 39 more outperform votes than Key Tronic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.79% of users gave TransAct Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.72% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote.
Summary
TransAct Technologies beats Key Tronic on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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