NSYS vs. NEON, LGL, OST, CRKN, VRT, PI, LPL, VICR, VREX, and MVIS
Should you be buying Nortech Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nortech Systems include Neonode (NEON), The LGL Group (LGL), Ostin Technology Group (OST), Crown ElectroKinetics (CRKN), Vertiv (VRT), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), Vicor (VICR), Varex Imaging (VREX), and MicroVision (MVIS). These companies are all part of the "electronic components, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Neonode (NASDAQ:NEON) and Nortech Systems (NASDAQ:NSYS) 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 earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Nortech Systems has a net margin of 5.02% compared to Nortech Systems' net margin of -256.11%. Neonode's return on equity of 21.32% beat Nortech Systems' return on equity.
Neonode received 76 more outperform votes than Nortech Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Nortech Systems an outperform vote while only 49.87% of users gave Neonode an outperform vote.
Nortech Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Neonode. Neonode is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nortech Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Neonode and Neonode both had 3 articles in the media. Nortech Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Neonode's score of 0.18 indicating that Neonode is being referred to more favorably in the media.
11.6% of Neonode shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of Nortech Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of Neonode shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Nortech Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Neonode has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nortech Systems has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nortech Systems beats Neonode on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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