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AstroNova (ALOT) Competitors

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$12.06 -0.05 (-0.41%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

ALOT vs. RDCM, KOPN, LTRX, SILC, QMCO, INVE, MKFG, OSS, ZEPP, and TACT

Should you be buying AstroNova stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AstroNova include RADCOM (RDCM), Kopin (KOPN), Lantronix (LTRX), Silicom (SILC), Quantum (QMCO), Identiv (INVE), Markforged (MKFG), One Stop Systems (OSS), Zepp Health (ZEPP), and TransAct Technologies (TACT). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.

AstroNova vs.

RADCOM (NASDAQ:RDCM) and AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.

RADCOM has a net margin of 12.44% compared to AstroNova's net margin of 2.49%. RADCOM's return on equity of 8.90% beat AstroNova's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RADCOM12.44% 8.90% 6.73%
AstroNova 2.49%5.21%3.20%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RADCOM$51.60M4.27$3.71M$0.4729.94
AstroNova$148.09M0.61$4.69M$0.5024.12

48.3% of RADCOM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of AstroNova shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of RADCOM shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of AstroNova shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

RADCOM has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AstroNova has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

RADCOM currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.72%. Given RADCOM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RADCOM is more favorable than AstroNova.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RADCOM
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
AstroNova
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, RADCOM had 7 more articles in the media than AstroNova. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for RADCOM and 0 mentions for AstroNova. AstroNova's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat RADCOM's score of 0.41 indicating that AstroNova is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
RADCOM Neutral
AstroNova Positive

RADCOM received 110 more outperform votes than AstroNova when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.90% of users gave RADCOM an outperform vote while only 69.82% of users gave AstroNova an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RADCOMOutperform Votes
339
69.90%
Underperform Votes
146
30.10%
AstroNovaOutperform Votes
229
69.82%
Underperform Votes
99
30.18%

Summary

RADCOM beats AstroNova on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ALOT vs. The Competition

MetricAstroNovaComputer peripheral equipment IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$90.81M$14.76B$7.47B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A6.61%2.33%4.02%
P/E Ratio24.1228.2928.5317.36
Price / Sales0.614.09103.3177.11
Price / Cash7.6221.3229.1435.97
Price / Book0.992.976.194.79
Net Income$4.69M$243.45M$134.52M$225.00M
7 Day Performance6.16%2.57%3.11%2.62%
1 Month Performance-7.73%2.84%4.99%3.81%
1 Year Performance-31.86%-8.77%24.01%20.10%

AstroNova Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALOT
AstroNova
2.9614 of 5 stars
$12.06
-0.4%
N/A-31.9%$90.81M$148.09M24.12340Positive News
RDCM
RADCOM
3.299 of 5 stars
$12.83
-4.1%
$14.00
+9.1%
+69.5%$200.94M$58.76M27.30280Analyst Forecast
KOPN
Kopin
2.782 of 5 stars
$1.17
-6.4%
$2.50
+113.7%
-39.3%$185.80M$44.27M-2.85180Gap Down
LTRX
Lantronix
3.2728 of 5 stars
$3.55
-5.8%
$6.50
+83.1%
-45.8%$136.59M$161.72M-25.36350
SILC
Silicom
2.4819 of 5 stars
$17.56
flat
$20.00
+13.9%
-3.2%$118.64M$62.39M-5.85320Positive News
QMCO
Quantum
0.8642 of 5 stars
$20.90
-23.9%
$5.00
-76.1%
+443.3%$101.32M$285.24M0.00900Gap Down
INVE
Identiv
3.9556 of 5 stars
$3.66
+1.7%
$7.25
+98.1%
-52.3%$87.42M$104.22M1.20330Short Interest ↓
MKFG
Markforged
3.6845 of 5 stars
$3.42
+2.7%
$5.00
+46.2%
-58.7%$70.52M$86.89M-0.79370Positive News
OSS
One Stop Systems
1.7234 of 5 stars
$3.10
-1.9%
$5.00
+61.3%
+110.8%$65.46M$52.71M-6.20110Gap Down
ZEPP
Zepp Health
3.1171 of 5 stars
$3.05
-4.4%
$14.65
+380.3%
-52.4%$45.91M$205.23M-1.221,230Gap Down
TACT
TransAct Technologies
3.3521 of 5 stars
$4.49
+3.2%
$7.50
+67.0%
-40.3%$44.95M$46.42M-22.45120

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This page (NASDAQ:ALOT) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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