inTEST (INTT) Competitors

inTEST (NYSE:INTT) and Quantum-Si (NASDAQ:QSI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in INTT or QSI?

63.2% of inTEST shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Quantum-Si shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of inTEST shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.0% of Quantum-Si shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, INTT or QSI?

inTEST has higher revenue and earnings than Quantum-Si. inTEST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quantum-Si, 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
inTEST	$127.50M	0.68	$9.34M	-$0.01	-698.00
Quantum-Si	$3.44M	96.47	-$95.96M	-$0.68	-2.66

Is INTT or QSI more profitable?

inTEST has a net margin of 2.33% compared to Quantum-Si's net margin of -3,968.84%. inTEST's return on equity of 5.31% beat Quantum-Si's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
inTEST	2.33%	5.31%	3.42%
Quantum-Si	-3,968.84%	-36.96%	-33.57%

Do analysts rate INTT or QSI?

inTEST currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 71.92%. Quantum-Si has a consensus price target of $3.48, indicating a potential upside of 91.99%. Given Quantum-Si's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quantum-Si is more favorable than inTEST.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
inTEST	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Quantum-Si	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in INTT or QSI?

inTEST received 1 more outperform votes than Quantum-Si when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.33% of users gave Quantum-Si an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave inTEST an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
inTEST	Outperform Votes 12 57.14%	Underperform Votes 9 42.86%
Quantum-Si	Outperform Votes 11 73.33%	Underperform Votes 4 26.67%

Which has more volatility & risk, INTT or QSI?

inTEST has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum-Si has a beta of 2.87, meaning that its stock price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer INTT or QSI?

In the previous week, Quantum-Si had 4 more articles in the media than inTEST. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Quantum-Si and 1 mentions for inTEST. Quantum-Si's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat inTEST's score of 0.00 indicating that Quantum-Si is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
inTEST	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Quantum-Si	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

inTEST beats Quantum-Si on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.