INVE vs. KTCC, LINK, IMMR, RDCM, ALOT, MKFG, TACT, PANW, FTNT, and LOGI
Should you be buying Identiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Identiv include Key Tronic (KTCC), Interlink Electronics (LINK), Immersion (IMMR), RADCOM (RDCM), AstroNova (ALOT), Markforged (MKFG), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Fortinet (FTNT), and Logitech International (LOGI).
Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) and Identiv (NASDAQ:INVE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Key Tronic has higher revenue and earnings than Identiv. Identiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Key Tronic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Identiv has a consensus target price of $8.75, suggesting a potential upside of 101.15%. Given Key Tronic's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Identiv is more favorable than Key Tronic.
Key Tronic has a net margin of 0.04% compared to Key Tronic's net margin of -6.49%. Identiv's return on equity of 0.20% beat Key Tronic's return on equity.
Key Tronic has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Identiv has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
40.7% of Key Tronic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Identiv shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Key Tronic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Identiv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Identiv received 38 more outperform votes than Key Tronic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.37% of users gave Identiv an outperform vote while only 59.15% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Identiv had 1 more articles in the media than Key Tronic. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Identiv and 2 mentions for Key Tronic. Identiv's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Key Tronic's score of 0.64 indicating that Key Tronic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Key Tronic beats Identiv on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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