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Key Tronic (KTCC) Competitors

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$5.81 +0.13 (+2.29%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

KTCC vs. TACT, INVE, LINK, ALOT, NEON, RDCM, TRMB, JBL, FN, and PLXS

Should you be buying Key Tronic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Key Tronic include TransAct Technologies (TACT), Identiv (INVE), Interlink Electronics (LINK), AstroNova (ALOT), Neonode (NEON), RADCOM (RDCM), Trimble (TRMB), Jabil (JBL), Fabrinet (FN), and Plexus (PLXS).

Key Tronic vs.

TransAct Technologies (NASDAQ:TACT) and Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

TransAct Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 87.97%. Given TransAct Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TransAct Technologies is more favorable than Key Tronic.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TransAct Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Key Tronic
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, TransAct Technologies and TransAct Technologies both had 1 articles in the media. Key Tronic's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat TransAct Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Key Tronic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TransAct Technologies
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Key Tronic
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

TransAct Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Key Tronic. Key Tronic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAct Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TransAct Technologies$72.63M0.55$4.75M-$0.20-19.95
Key Tronic$559.40M0.11-$2.79M-$0.01-581.00

TransAct Technologies has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Key Tronic has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Key Tronic has a net margin of 0.00% compared to TransAct Technologies' net margin of -4.24%. Key Tronic's return on equity of 0.91% beat TransAct Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TransAct Technologies-4.24% -5.08% -3.80%
Key Tronic N/A 0.91%0.32%

74.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Key Tronic shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Key Tronic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

TransAct Technologies received 33 more outperform votes than Key Tronic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.09% of users gave TransAct Technologies an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TransAct TechnologiesOutperform Votes
306
63.09%
Underperform Votes
179
36.91%
Key TronicOutperform Votes
273
61.07%
Underperform Votes
174
38.93%

Summary

TransAct Technologies beats Key Tronic on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KTCC vs. The Competition

MetricKey TronicPrinted circuit boards IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$61.13M$4.18B$24.16B$8.90B
Dividend YieldN/A0.97%2.76%4.07%
P/E Ratio-581.0025.67227.4413.46
Price / Sales0.111.433,404.1387.66
Price / Cash4.1511.5633.0636.27
Price / Book0.502.526.796.30
Net Income-$2.79M$234.32M$658.63M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-1.19%0.27%0.15%-1.32%
1 Month Performance0.17%11.02%0.71%0.60%
1 Year Performance52.89%41.68%18.91%26.23%

Key Tronic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KTCC
Key Tronic
1.923 of 5 stars
$5.81
+2.3%
N/A+52.5%$61.13M$559.40M-581.004,122High Trading Volume
TACT
TransAct Technologies
2.232 of 5 stars
$3.99
+2.0%
$7.50
+88.0%
-42.4%$39.14M$72.63M0.00120Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
INVE
Identiv
3.774 of 5 stars
$3.90
+5.1%
$7.25
+85.9%
-40.7%$88.61M$116.38M1.27330News Coverage
Positive News
LINK
Interlink Electronics
0.617 of 5 stars
$5.08
-1.7%
N/A-35.0%$32.93M$12.23M56.4490
ALOT
AstroNova
2.3537 of 5 stars
$14.54
+2.0%
N/A+4.2%$107.17M$148.09M17.31340
NEON
Neonode
3.1862 of 5 stars
$6.53
+1.2%
$16.50
+152.7%
+462.9%$108.25M$4.45M0.0050
RDCM
RADCOM
3.5899 of 5 stars
$11.25
-3.7%
$14.00
+24.4%
+46.5%$182.93M$51.60M23.94280
TRMB
Trimble
3.9325 of 5 stars
$70.48
+1.2%
$75.40
+7.0%
+60.4%$17.01B$3.80B11.7912,700
JBL
Jabil
4.01 of 5 stars
$128.18
+0.5%
$143.50
+12.0%
-3.2%$14.39B$28.88B11.63138,000Positive News
FN
Fabrinet
3.5288 of 5 stars
$226.24
-9.0%
$252.14
+11.5%
+32.1%$9.02B$2.88B26.7714,213Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PLXS
Plexus
3.7973 of 5 stars
$156.65
-0.7%
$133.50
-14.8%
+46.6%$4.28B$3.96B39.0625,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:KTCC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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