KTCC vs. NEON, TACT, LINK, INVE, ALOT, RDCM, JBL, TRMB, FN, and IPGP
Should you be buying Key Tronic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Key Tronic include Neonode (NEON), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Interlink Electronics (LINK), Identiv (INVE), AstroNova (ALOT), RADCOM (RDCM), Jabil (JBL), Trimble (TRMB), Fabrinet (FN), and IPG Photonics (IPGP).
Neonode (NASDAQ:NEON) and Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
11.6% of Neonode shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Key Tronic shares are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of Neonode shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Key Tronic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Neonode has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Key Tronic has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Key Tronic received 61 more outperform votes than Neonode when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.06% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote while only 49.87% of users gave Neonode an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Neonode had 2 more articles in the media than Key Tronic. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Neonode and 1 mentions for Key Tronic. Neonode's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Key Tronic's score of 0.29 indicating that Key Tronic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Key Tronic has a net margin of 0.04% compared to Key Tronic's net margin of -256.11%. Neonode's return on equity of 0.20% beat Key Tronic's return on equity.
Key Tronic has higher revenue and earnings than Neonode. Neonode is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Key Tronic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Key Tronic beats Neonode on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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