BOSC vs. ALOT, INVE, OSS, MKFG, LINK, ZEPP, TACT, HUBC, FOXX, and INTZ
Should you be buying B.O.S. Better Online Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B.O.S. Better Online Solutions include AstroNova (ALOT), Identiv (INVE), One Stop Systems (OSS), Markforged (MKFG), Interlink Electronics (LINK), Zepp Health (ZEPP), TransAct Technologies (TACT), HUB Cyber Security (HUBC), Foxx Development (FOXX), and Intrusion (INTZ). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.
B.O.S. Better Online Solutions vs.
AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) and B.O.S. Better Online Solutions (NASDAQ:BOSC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
B.O.S. Better Online Solutions has a net margin of 5.55% compared to AstroNova's net margin of 2.49%. B.O.S. Better Online Solutions' return on equity of 11.31% beat AstroNova's return on equity.
43.0% of AstroNova shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of B.O.S. Better Online Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of AstroNova shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of B.O.S. Better Online Solutions 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 higher revenue and earnings than B.O.S. Better Online Solutions. B.O.S. Better Online Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AstroNova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AstroNova has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B.O.S. Better Online Solutions has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AstroNova received 121 more outperform votes than B.O.S. Better Online Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.18% of users gave AstroNova an outperform vote while only 65.50% of users gave B.O.S. Better Online Solutions an outperform vote.
B.O.S. Better Online Solutions has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.85%. Given B.O.S. Better Online Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe B.O.S. Better Online Solutions is more favorable than AstroNova.
In the previous week, AstroNova had 2 more articles in the media than B.O.S. Better Online Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for AstroNova and 2 mentions for B.O.S. Better Online Solutions. AstroNova's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat B.O.S. Better Online Solutions' score of 0.56 indicating that AstroNova is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
AstroNova beats B.O.S. Better Online Solutions on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BOSC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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