TACT vs. LTRX, SILC, QMCO, ALOT, INVE, OSS, MKFG, LINK, ZEPP, and HUBC
Should you be buying TransAct Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAct Technologies include Lantronix (LTRX), Silicom (SILC), Quantum (QMCO), AstroNova (ALOT), Identiv (INVE), One Stop Systems (OSS), Markforged (MKFG), Interlink Electronics (LINK), Zepp Health (ZEPP), and HUB Cyber Security (HUBC). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.
TransAct Technologies vs.
Lantronix (NASDAQ:LTRX) and TransAct Technologies (NASDAQ:TACT) 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 community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Lantronix has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransAct Technologies has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TransAct Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lantronix. Lantronix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAct Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TransAct Technologies received 41 more outperform votes than Lantronix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave TransAct Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.63% of users gave Lantronix an outperform vote.
39.4% of Lantronix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Lantronix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lantronix currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 106.19%. TransAct Technologies has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 77.30%. Given Lantronix's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lantronix is more favorable than TransAct Technologies.
Lantronix has a net margin of -3.15% compared to TransAct Technologies' net margin of -4.24%. Lantronix's return on equity of -2.62% beat TransAct Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Lantronix had 4 more articles in the media than TransAct Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Lantronix and 1 mentions for TransAct Technologies. TransAct Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Lantronix's score of -0.09 indicating that TransAct Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Lantronix beats TransAct Technologies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TACT) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff