Data I/O (DAIO) Competitors

inTEST (NYSE:INTT) and Data I/O (NASDAQ:DAIO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in INTT or DAIO?

63.2% of inTEST shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Data I/O shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of inTEST shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Data I/O shares are held 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 & volatility, INTT or DAIO?

inTEST has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Data I/O has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to INTT or DAIO?

In the previous week, inTEST had 4 more articles in the media than Data I/O. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for inTEST and 1 mentions for Data I/O. Data I/O's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat inTEST's score of 0.22 indicating that Data I/O is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
inTEST	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Data I/O	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate INTT or DAIO?

inTEST presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.38%. Data I/O has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.75%. Given inTEST's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe inTEST is more favorable than Data I/O.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
inTEST	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Data I/O	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, INTT or DAIO?

inTEST has higher revenue and earnings than Data I/O. Data I/O is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than inTEST, 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
inTEST	$123.30M	0.89	$9.34M	$0.23	38.57
Data I/O	$28.06M	0.96	$490K	-$0.19	-15.39

Is INTT or DAIO more profitable?

inTEST has a net margin of 2.33% compared to Data I/O's net margin of -7.53%. inTEST's return on equity of 5.31% beat Data I/O's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
inTEST	2.33%	5.31%	3.42%
Data I/O	-7.53%	-9.05%	-6.89%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor INTT or DAIO?

Data I/O received 164 more outperform votes than inTEST when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.79% of users gave Data I/O an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave inTEST an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
inTEST	Outperform Votes 11 57.89%	Underperform Votes 8 42.11%
Data I/O	Outperform Votes 175 66.79%	Underperform Votes 87 33.21%

Summary

inTEST beats Data I/O on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.