AstroNova (ALOT) Competitors

AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) and Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ALOT or KTCC?

AstroNova has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Key Tronic. Key Tronic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AstroNova, 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
AstroNova	$148.09M	0.62	$4.69M	$0.84	14.62
Key Tronic	$559.40M	0.12	-$2.79M	-$0.08	-75.38

Is ALOT or KTCC more profitable?

AstroNova has a net margin of 4.20% compared to Key Tronic's net margin of -0.14%. AstroNova's return on equity of 7.77% beat Key Tronic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AstroNova	4.20%	7.77%	4.97%
Key Tronic	-0.14%	0.28%	0.10%

Do analysts recommend ALOT or KTCC?

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ALOT or KTCC?

43.0% of AstroNova shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Key Tronic shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of AstroNova shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Key Tronic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, ALOT or KTCC?

AstroNova has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Key Tronic has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALOT or KTCC?

Key Tronic received 43 more outperform votes than AstroNova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.72% of users gave AstroNova an outperform vote while only 60.90% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AstroNova	Outperform Votes 228 69.72%	Underperform Votes 99 30.28%
Key Tronic	Outperform Votes 271 60.90%	Underperform Votes 174 39.10%

Does the media refer more to ALOT or KTCC?

In the previous week, AstroNova and AstroNova both had 2 articles in the media. AstroNova's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Key Tronic's score of 0.27 indicating that AstroNova is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AstroNova	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Key Tronic	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

AstroNova beats Key Tronic on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.