AEHR vs. ALNT, INTT, FEIM, DAIO, TRNS, AMSWA, MCG, EGHT, UIS, and AIP
Should you be buying Aehr Test Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aehr Test Systems include Allient (ALNT), inTEST (INTT), Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Data I/O (DAIO), Transcat (TRNS), American Software (AMSWA), Membership Collective Group (MCG), 8X8 (EGHT), Unisys (UIS), and Arteris (AIP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) and Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk.
Aehr Test Systems received 130 more outperform votes than Allient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.82% of users gave Aehr Test Systems an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Allient an outperform vote.
61.6% of Allient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Aehr Test Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.6% of Allient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Aehr Test Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Allient has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aehr Test Systems has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aehr Test Systems has a net margin of 21.43% compared to Aehr Test Systems' net margin of 4.26%. Allient's return on equity of 18.70% beat Aehr Test Systems' return on equity.
In the previous week, Allient had 7 more articles in the media than Aehr Test Systems. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Allient and 0 mentions for Aehr Test Systems. Allient's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Aehr Test Systems' score of -0.20 indicating that Aehr Test Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Allient currently has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.31%. Aehr Test Systems has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.54%. Given Aehr Test Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Allient is more favorable than Aehr Test Systems.
Allient has higher revenue and earnings than Aehr Test Systems. Allient 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.
Summary
Aehr Test Systems beats Allient on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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