TRT vs. SOTK, ASYS, IVAC, ENCP, EBIXQ, CPSH, DFLI, TWOU, ARBB, and GTEC
Should you be buying Trio-Tech International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trio-Tech International include Sono-Tek (SOTK), Amtech Systems (ASYS), Intevac (IVAC), Energem (ENCP), Ebix (EBIXQ), CPS Technologies (CPSH), Dragonfly Energy (DFLI), 2U (TWOU), ARB IOT Group (ARBB), and Greenland Technologies (GTEC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Sono-Tek (NASDAQ:SOTK) and Trio-Tech International (NYSE:TRT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Trio-Tech International has higher revenue and earnings than Sono-Tek. Trio-Tech International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sono-Tek, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sono-Tek has a beta of -0.26, meaning that its stock price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trio-Tech International has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sono-Tek had 1 more articles in the media than Trio-Tech International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sono-Tek and 2 mentions for Trio-Tech International. Trio-Tech International's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Sono-Tek's score of 1.00 indicating that Sono-Tek is being referred to more favorably in the media.
47.9% of Sono-Tek shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of Trio-Tech International shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Sono-Tek shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Trio-Tech International shares are held by company 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.
Sono-Tek has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Sono-Tek's net margin of 2.17%. Trio-Tech International's return on equity of 8.87% beat Sono-Tek's return on equity.
Sono-Tek received 94 more outperform votes than Trio-Tech International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.67% of users gave Sono-Tek an outperform vote while only 42.42% of users gave Trio-Tech International an outperform vote.
Summary
Sono-Tek beats Trio-Tech International on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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