AEHR vs. AMOT, TRNS, ALNT, INTT, FEIM, DAIO, VLTO, TER, ITRI, and COHU
Should you be buying Aehr Test Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aehr Test Systems include Allied Motion Technologies (AMOT), Transcat (TRNS), Allient (ALNT), inTEST (INTT), Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Data I/O (DAIO), Veralto (VLTO), Teradyne (TER), Itron (ITRI), and Cohu (COHU). These companies are all part of the "instruments to measure electricity" industry.
Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR) and Allied Motion Technologies (NASDAQ:AMOT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Allied Motion Technologies received 92 more outperform votes than Aehr Test Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.12% of users gave Allied Motion Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.82% of users gave Aehr Test Systems an outperform vote.
Aehr Test Systems has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allied Motion Technologies has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Allied Motion Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Aehr Test Systems. Allied Motion Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aehr Test Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
69.7% of Aehr Test Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Allied Motion Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Aehr Test Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of Allied Motion Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Aehr Test Systems had 4 more articles in the media than Allied Motion Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Aehr Test Systems and 0 mentions for Allied Motion Technologies. Aehr Test Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Allied Motion Technologies' score of 0.22 indicating that Aehr Test Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aehr Test Systems presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.81%.
Aehr Test Systems has a net margin of 21.43% compared to Allied Motion Technologies' net margin of 4.19%. Aehr Test Systems' return on equity of 18.70% beat Allied Motion Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Aehr Test Systems and Allied Motion Technologies tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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