LINK vs. TACT, KTCC, MTEKW, HOLOW, OPTXW, TMPOW, INVE, SERV, KEQU, and XNET
Should you be buying Interlink Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Interlink Electronics include TransAct Technologies (TACT), Key Tronic (KTCC), Maris-Tech (MTEKW), MicroCloud Hologram (HOLOW), Syntec Optics (OPTXW), Tempo Automation (TMPOW), Identiv (INVE), Serve Robotics (SERV), Kewaunee Scientific (KEQU), and Xunlei (XNET). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
TransAct Technologies (NASDAQ:TACT) and Interlink Electronics (NASDAQ:LINK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
TransAct Technologies has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interlink Electronics has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TransAct Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Interlink Electronics. Interlink Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAct Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Interlink Electronics has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Interlink Electronics' net margin of 0.94%. TransAct Technologies' return on equity of 7.39% beat Interlink Electronics' return on equity.
TransAct Technologies received 149 more outperform votes than Interlink Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.48% of users gave Interlink Electronics an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave TransAct Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, TransAct Technologies and TransAct Technologies both had 2 articles in the media. Interlink Electronics' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat TransAct Technologies' score of 0.27 indicating that TransAct Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Interlink Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 73.8% of Interlink Electronics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TransAct Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 111.27%. Given Interlink Electronics' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TransAct Technologies is more favorable than Interlink Electronics.
Summary
TransAct Technologies beats Interlink Electronics on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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