TACT vs. LINK, KTCC, ALOT, INVE, MKFG, RDCM, PANW, FTNT, LOGI, and XRX
Should you be buying TransAct Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAct Technologies include Interlink Electronics (LINK), Key Tronic (KTCC), AstroNova (ALOT), Identiv (INVE), Markforged (MKFG), RADCOM (RDCM), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Fortinet (FTNT), Logitech International (LOGI), and Xerox (XRX).
TransAct Technologies (NASDAQ:TACT) and Interlink Electronics (NASDAQ:LINK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
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.
74.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Interlink Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.8% of Interlink Electronics 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.
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.
Interlink Electronics has a net margin of 5.99% compared to TransAct Technologies' net margin of 0.94%. Interlink Electronics' return on equity of 7.39% beat TransAct Technologies' return on equity.
TransAct Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 111.27%. Given TransAct Technologies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TransAct Technologies is more favorable than Interlink Electronics.
TransAct Technologies has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Interlink Electronics has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TransAct Technologies and TransAct Technologies both had 2 articles in the media. TransAct Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Interlink Electronics' score of 0.27 indicating that TransAct Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
TransAct Technologies beats Interlink Electronics on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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