AstroNova (ALOT) Competitors

Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) and AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) 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 risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KTCC or ALOT?

Key Tronic received 29 more outperform votes than AstroNova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.16% of users gave AstroNova an outperform vote while only 59.06% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Key Tronic	Outperform Votes 251 59.06%	Underperform Votes 174 40.94%
AstroNova	Outperform Votes 222 69.16%	Underperform Votes 99 30.84%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KTCC or ALOT?

40.7% of Key Tronic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of AstroNova shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Key Tronic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of AstroNova shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KTCC or ALOT more profitable?

AstroNova has a net margin of 3.17% compared to AstroNova's net margin of 0.04%. Key Tronic's return on equity of 8.28% beat AstroNova's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Key Tronic	0.04%	0.20%	0.07%
AstroNova	3.17%	8.28%	5.33%

Do analysts rate KTCC or ALOT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Key Tronic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
AstroNova	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher valuation and earnings, KTCC or ALOT?

Key Tronic has higher revenue and earnings than AstroNova. AstroNova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Key Tronic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Key Tronic	$588.14M	0.08	$5.16M	$0.02	209.50
AstroNova	$148.09M	0.91	$4.69M	$0.62	28.89

Which has more volatility and risk, KTCC or ALOT?

Key Tronic has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AstroNova has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer KTCC or ALOT?

In the previous week, AstroNova had 7 more articles in the media than Key Tronic. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AstroNova and 1 mentions for Key Tronic. AstroNova's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Key Tronic's score of 0.59 indicating that Key Tronic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Key Tronic	Positive
AstroNova	Positive

Summary

AstroNova beats Key Tronic on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.