COHU vs. TRNS, ALNT, AEHR, FEIM, DAIO, ITRI, GOGO, EXTR, VTEX, and INFN
Should you be buying Cohu stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cohu include Transcat (TRNS), Allient (ALNT), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Data I/O (DAIO), Itron (ITRI), Gogo (GOGO), Extreme Networks (EXTR), VTEX (VTEX), and Infinera (INFN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Cohu (NASDAQ:COHU) and Transcat (NASDAQ:TRNS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
94.7% of Cohu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Transcat shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Cohu shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Transcat shares are held 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.
Cohu has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcat has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cohu received 247 more outperform votes than Transcat when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.22% of users gave Cohu an outperform vote while only 66.89% of users gave Transcat an outperform vote.
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.
Cohu presently has a consensus price target of $37.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.34%. Transcat has a consensus price target of $117.75, indicating a potential downside of 4.36%. Given Cohu's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cohu is more favorable than Transcat.
Transcat has a net margin of 4.16% compared to Cohu's net margin of -0.38%. Transcat's return on equity of 9.32% beat Cohu's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cohu had 12 more articles in the media than Transcat. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Cohu and 4 mentions for Transcat. Cohu's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Transcat's score of 0.41 indicating that Cohu is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Cohu and Transcat tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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