IDN vs. FTEK, CVV, FATH, TPCS, SNT, CLIR, APWC, GFAI, HTOO, and UGRO
Should you be buying Intellicheck stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intellicheck include Fuel Tech (FTEK), CVD Equipment (CVV), Fathom Digital Manufacturing (FATH), TechPrecision (TPCS), Senstar Technologies (SNT), ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Guardforce AI (GFAI), Fusion Fuel Green (HTOO), and urban-gro (UGRO). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Fuel Tech (NASDAQ:FTEK) and Intellicheck (NYSE:IDN) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Fuel Tech has a net margin of -5.68% compared to Fuel Tech's net margin of -10.47%. Intellicheck's return on equity of -3.49% beat Fuel Tech's return on equity.
Fuel Tech received 194 more outperform votes than Intellicheck when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.57% of users gave Fuel Tech an outperform vote while only 44.19% of users gave Intellicheck an outperform vote.
Fuel Tech has a beta of 4.36, meaning that its stock price is 336% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intellicheck has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fuel Tech currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 227.87%. Intellicheck has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.64%. Given Intellicheck's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fuel Tech is more favorable than Intellicheck.
Fuel Tech has higher revenue and earnings than Intellicheck. Intellicheck is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fuel Tech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Intellicheck had 17 more articles in the media than Fuel Tech. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Intellicheck and 4 mentions for Fuel Tech. Intellicheck's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Fuel Tech's score of 0.18 indicating that Fuel Tech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
20.9% of Fuel Tech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Intellicheck shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Fuel Tech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Intellicheck shares are held 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.
Summary
Fuel Tech beats Intellicheck on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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