INTT vs. FEIM, AMOT, TRNS, CRGE, LLAP, SIFY, QSI, CGNT, KVHI, and UIS
Should you be buying inTEST stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of inTEST include Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Allied Motion Technologies (AMOT), Transcat (TRNS), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Terran Orbital (LLAP), Sify Technologies (SIFY), Quantum-Si (QSI), Cognyte Software (CGNT), KVH Industries (KVHI), and Unisys (UIS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
inTEST vs.
Frequency Electronics (NASDAQ:FEIM) and inTEST (NYSE:INTT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.
inTEST has higher revenue and earnings than Frequency Electronics. Frequency Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than inTEST, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
55.9% of Frequency Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of inTEST shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.2% of Frequency Electronics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of inTEST shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Frequency Electronics received 77 more outperform votes than inTEST when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave inTEST an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Frequency Electronics an outperform vote.
inTEST has a net margin of 7.24% compared to Frequency Electronics' net margin of -33.20%. inTEST's return on equity of 17.88% beat Frequency Electronics' return on equity.
inTEST has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.22%. Given inTEST's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe inTEST is more favorable than Frequency Electronics.
Frequency Electronics has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, inTEST has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Frequency Electronics had 1 more articles in the media than inTEST. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Frequency Electronics and 0 mentions for inTEST. Frequency Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat inTEST's score of 0.00 indicating that Frequency Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
inTEST beats Frequency Electronics on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding INTT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
