ASTC vs. OPXS, AXDX, DAIO, BNGO, PRPO, TLIS, TBIO, SMIT, SPEC, and THMO
Should you be buying Astrotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astrotech include Optex Systems (OPXS), Accelerate Diagnostics (AXDX), Data I/O (DAIO), Bionano Genomics (BNGO), Precipio (PRPO), Talis Biomedical (TLIS), Telesis Bio (TBIO), Schmitt Industries (SMIT), Spectaire (SPEC), and ThermoGenesis (THMO). These companies are all part of the "measuring and control equipment" industry.
Astrotech vs.
Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC) and Optex Systems (NASDAQ:OPXS) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Optex Systems has a net margin of 11.08% compared to Astrotech's net margin of -945.17%. Optex Systems' return on equity of 22.21% beat Astrotech's return on equity.
24.4% of Astrotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Optex Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Astrotech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.3% of Optex Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Astrotech has a beta of -0.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Optex Systems has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Astrotech received 128 more outperform votes than Optex Systems when rated by MarketBeat users.
Optex Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Astrotech. Astrotech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Optex Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Astrotech had 2 more articles in the media than Optex Systems. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Astrotech and 3 mentions for Optex Systems. Optex Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Astrotech's score of 0.42 indicating that Optex Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Optex Systems beats Astrotech on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ASTC) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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