FARO vs. MLAB, DAKT, VPG, COHR, BMI, CGNX, ITRI, OSIS, QSI, and GEOS
Should you be buying FARO Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FARO Technologies include Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Daktronics (DAKT), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Coherent (COHR), Badger Meter (BMI), Cognex (CGNX), Itron (ITRI), OSI Systems (OSIS), Quantum-Si (QSI), and Geospace Technologies (GEOS).
FARO Technologies vs.
FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) and Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
97.2% of FARO Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of Mesa Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of FARO Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Mesa Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
FARO Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Mesa Laboratories. FARO Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mesa Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FARO Technologies received 152 more outperform votes than Mesa Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.90% of users gave Mesa Laboratories an outperform vote while only 62.92% of users gave FARO Technologies an outperform vote.
FARO Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.66%. Mesa Laboratories has a consensus target price of $140.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.20%. Given FARO Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe FARO Technologies is more favorable than Mesa Laboratories.
In the previous week, FARO Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Mesa Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for FARO Technologies and 3 mentions for Mesa Laboratories. Mesa Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat FARO Technologies' score of 0.67 indicating that Mesa Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FARO Technologies has a net margin of -1.87% compared to Mesa Laboratories' net margin of -104.92%. Mesa Laboratories' return on equity of 30.23% beat FARO Technologies' return on equity.
FARO Technologies has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mesa Laboratories has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FARO Technologies beats Mesa Laboratories on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FARO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
