SOTK vs. RR, PDYN, GENC, DM, LSE, TAYD, PPIH, DTI, YIBO, and ASYS
Should you be buying Sono-Tek stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sono-Tek include Richtech Robotics (RR), Palladyne AI (PDYN), Gencor Industries (GENC), Desktop Metal (DM), Leishen Energy (LSE), Taylor Devices (TAYD), Perma-Pipe International (PPIH), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Planet Image International (YIBO), and Amtech Systems (ASYS). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Sono-Tek vs.
Sono-Tek (NASDAQ:SOTK) and Richtech Robotics (NASDAQ:RR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Sono-Tek currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 97.37%. Richtech Robotics has a consensus price target of $3.25, indicating a potential upside of 62.50%. Given Sono-Tek's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sono-Tek is more favorable than Richtech Robotics.
Sono-Tek has a net margin of 5.47% compared to Richtech Robotics' net margin of -203.60%. Sono-Tek's return on equity of 6.55% beat Richtech Robotics' return on equity.
Sono-Tek received 108 more outperform votes than Richtech Robotics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Richtech Robotics an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave Sono-Tek an outperform vote.
Sono-Tek has higher revenue and earnings than Richtech Robotics. Richtech Robotics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sono-Tek, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.9% of Sono-Tek shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Richtech Robotics shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Sono-Tek shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of Richtech Robotics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sono-Tek has a beta of -0.1, indicating that its share price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Richtech Robotics has a beta of -5.42, indicating that its share price is 642% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Richtech Robotics had 2 more articles in the media than Sono-Tek. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Richtech Robotics and 2 mentions for Sono-Tek. Sono-Tek's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Richtech Robotics' score of 0.03 indicating that Sono-Tek is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Sono-Tek beats Richtech Robotics on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SOTK) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
