INTT vs. ALNT, AEHR, FEIM, DAIO, VLTO, TER, ITRI, COHU, TRNS, and KODK
Should you be buying inTEST stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of inTEST include Allient (ALNT), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Data I/O (DAIO), Veralto (VLTO), Teradyne (TER), Itron (ITRI), Cohu (COHU), Transcat (TRNS), and Eastman Kodak (KODK).
Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) and inTEST (NYSE:INTT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
inTEST received 6 more outperform votes than Allient when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Allient an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave inTEST an outperform vote.
Allient has higher revenue and earnings than inTEST. inTEST is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Allient has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, inTEST has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Allient presently has a consensus target price of $39.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.86%. inTEST has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 70.03%. Given Allient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe inTEST is more favorable than Allient.
inTEST has a net margin of 6.41% compared to inTEST's net margin of 4.26%. inTEST's return on equity of 15.26% beat Allient's return on equity.
61.6% of Allient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of inTEST shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.6% of Allient shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of inTEST shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, inTEST's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Allient'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
inTEST beats Allient on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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