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AstroNova (ALOT) Competitors

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$14.54 +0.29 (+2.04%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ALOT vs. KTCC, TACT, LINK, DDD, MITK, RDCM, LTRX, KOPN, SILC, and INVE

Should you be buying AstroNova stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AstroNova include Key Tronic (KTCC), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Interlink Electronics (LINK), 3D Systems (DDD), Mitek Systems (MITK), RADCOM (RDCM), Lantronix (LTRX), Kopin (KOPN), Silicom (SILC), and Identiv (INVE).

AstroNova vs.

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

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, 6.1% of Key Tronic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

AstroNova has a net margin of 4.20% compared to Key Tronic's net margin of 0.00%. AstroNova's return on equity of 7.77% beat Key Tronic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AstroNova4.20% 7.77% 4.97%
Key Tronic N/A 0.91%0.32%

Key Tronic received 45 more outperform votes than AstroNova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.72% of users gave AstroNova an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AstroNovaOutperform Votes
228
69.72%
Underperform Votes
99
30.28%
Key TronicOutperform Votes
273
61.07%
Underperform Votes
174
38.93%

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AstroNova$148.09M0.74$4.69M$0.8417.31
Key Tronic$559.40M0.11-$2.79M-$0.01-581.00

In the previous week, AstroNova had 1 more articles in the media than Key Tronic. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for AstroNova and 1 mentions for Key Tronic. AstroNova's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Key Tronic's score of 0.67 indicating that AstroNova is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

AstroNova beats Key Tronic on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ALOT vs. The Competition

MetricAstroNovaComputer peripheral equipment IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$107.17M$14.19B$6.61B$8.90B
Dividend YieldN/A6.99%2.93%4.07%
P/E Ratio17.3110.1834.5913.46
Price / Sales0.743.73171.7787.66
Price / Cash9.2421.0626.3736.27
Price / Book1.207.754.866.30
Net Income$4.69M$230.65M$123.37M$225.93M
7 Day Performance2.11%-0.24%0.13%-1.32%
1 Month Performance3.86%-2.53%8.35%0.60%
1 Year Performance4.60%-3.62%29.92%26.23%

AstroNova Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALOT
AstroNova
2.3537 of 5 stars
$14.54
+2.0%
N/A+4.2%$107.17M$148.09M17.31340
KTCC
Key Tronic
1.923 of 5 stars
$5.81
+2.3%
N/A+52.5%$61.13M$559.40M-581.004,122High Trading Volume
TACT
TransAct Technologies
2.232 of 5 stars
$3.99
+2.0%
$7.50
+88.0%
-42.4%$39.14M$72.63M0.00120Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
LINK
Interlink Electronics
0.617 of 5 stars
$5.08
-1.7%
N/A-35.0%$32.93M$12.23M56.4490
DDD
3D Systems
2.9096 of 5 stars
$3.12
+3.7%
$3.25
+4.3%
-35.4%$415.42M$454.80M-1.151,925
MITK
Mitek Systems
1.7467 of 5 stars
$8.78
+1.0%
$12.13
+38.1%
-21.7%$401.51M$172.55M-58.53573Analyst Downgrade
RDCM
RADCOM
3.5899 of 5 stars
$11.25
-3.7%
$14.00
+24.4%
+46.5%$182.93M$51.60M23.94280
LTRX
Lantronix
3.2262 of 5 stars
$2.90
+5.8%
$6.50
+124.1%
-44.7%$105.42M$160.33M0.00350Positive News
KOPN
Kopin
3.2341 of 5 stars
$0.97
+15.4%
$2.67
+173.8%
-40.3%$102.38M$40.39M-2.38144High Trading Volume
SILC
Silicom
2.392 of 5 stars
$14.48
+3.4%
$20.00
+38.1%
-9.3%$94.59M$124.13M0.00320
INVE
Identiv
3.774 of 5 stars
$3.90
+5.1%
$7.25
+85.9%
-40.7%$88.61M$116.38M1.27330News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ALOT) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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