DAIO vs. FEIM, VLTO, TER, ITRI, COHU, TRNS, ALNT, AEHR, INTT, and SNCR
Should you be buying Data I/O stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Data I/O include Frequency Electronics (FEIM), Veralto (VLTO), Teradyne (TER), Itron (ITRI), Cohu (COHU), Transcat (TRNS), Allient (ALNT), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), inTEST (INTT), and Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR).
Data I/O (NASDAQ:DAIO) and Frequency Electronics (NASDAQ:FEIM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Data I/O has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frequency Electronics has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Data I/O had 1 more articles in the media than Frequency Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Data I/O and 3 mentions for Frequency Electronics. Data I/O's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Frequency Electronics' score of 1.08 indicating that Data I/O is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Data I/O has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Frequency Electronics. Data I/O is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frequency Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Frequency Electronics has a net margin of 6.10% compared to Data I/O's net margin of -1.54%. Frequency Electronics' return on equity of 9.12% beat Data I/O's return on equity.
37.0% of Data I/O shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Frequency Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Data I/O shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Frequency Electronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Data I/O received 92 more outperform votes than Frequency Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.54% of users gave Data I/O an outperform vote while only 59.12% of users gave Frequency Electronics an outperform vote.
Summary
Frequency Electronics beats Data I/O on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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