COHU vs. TRNS, AMOT, AEHR, FEIM, DAIO, FORM, ACLS, AEIS, VECO, and UCTT
Should you be buying Cohu stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohu include Transcat (TRNS), Allied Motion Technologies (AMOT), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Data I/O (DAIO), FormFactor (FORM), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), and Ultra Clean (UCTT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Transcat (NASDAQ:TRNS) and Cohu (NASDAQ:COHU) 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 profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
98.3% of Transcat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Cohu shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Transcat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Cohu shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Transcat has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohu has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Transcat has a net margin of 5.26% compared to Transcat's net margin of -0.38%. Cohu's return on equity of 9.50% beat Transcat's return on equity.
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.
Transcat currently has a consensus target price of $142.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.92%. Cohu has a consensus target price of $37.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.43%. Given Transcat's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cohu is more favorable than Transcat.
Cohu received 245 more outperform votes than Transcat when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.22% of users gave Cohu an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Transcat an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cohu's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Transcat's score of 0.00 indicating that Transcat is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Transcat beats Cohu on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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