TRNS vs. COHU, ALNT, AEHR, HIMX, PBI, SGH, INDI, ARLO, HUYA, and ATUS
Should you be buying Transcat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transcat include Cohu (COHU), Allient (ALNT), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Pitney Bowes (PBI), SMART Global (SGH), indie Semiconductor (INDI), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), HUYA (HUYA), and Altice USA (ATUS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Cohu (NASDAQ:COHU) and Transcat (NASDAQ:TRNS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Cohu currently has a consensus target price of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.57%. Transcat has a consensus target price of $117.75, indicating a potential downside of 2.89%. Given Transcat's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cohu is more favorable than Transcat.
Cohu has higher revenue and earnings than Transcat. Cohu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cohu had 8 more articles in the media than Transcat. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cohu and 5 mentions for Transcat. Transcat's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Cohu's score of 0.85 indicating that Cohu is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Transcat has a net margin of 4.16% compared to Transcat's net margin of -0.38%. Cohu's return on equity of 9.32% beat Transcat's return on equity.
Cohu received 247 more outperform votes than Transcat when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.22% of users gave Cohu an outperform vote while only 66.89% of users gave Transcat an outperform vote.
Cohu has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcat has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.7% of Cohu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Transcat shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Cohu shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Transcat shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Cohu and Transcat tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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