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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lantronix$160.33M0.70-$4.52M-$0.13-22.38
TransAct Technologies$72.63M0.58$4.75M-$0.20-21.15

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LantronixOutperform Votes
265
58.63%
Underperform Votes
187
41.37%
TransAct TechnologiesOutperform Votes
306
61.69%
Underperform Votes
190
38.31%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lantronix
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
TransAct Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lantronix-3.15% -2.62% -1.49%
TransAct Technologies -4.24%-5.08%-3.80%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lantronix
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
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

Summary

Lantronix beats TransAct Technologies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TACT vs. The Competition

MetricTransAct TechnologiesComputer peripheral equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$42.34M$15.50B$26.21B$8.98B
Dividend YieldN/A7.26%2.75%3.85%
P/E Ratio-21.1528.3746.3418.82
Price / Sales0.583.962,530.5180.73
Price / Cash5.9328.5235.5737.47
Price / Book1.076.326.864.64
Net Income$4.75M$188.53M$731.18M$245.69M
7 Day Performance-5.58%-3.88%-2.01%-2.63%
1 Month Performance-6.00%-0.32%0.09%-2.37%
1 Year Performance-41.41%-6.37%20.24%13.65%

TransAct Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TACT
TransAct Technologies
2.9775 of 5 stars
$4.23
-2.5%
$7.50
+77.3%
-41.1%$42.34M$72.63M-21.15120Gap Down
LTRX
Lantronix
2.3147 of 5 stars
$2.96
-3.0%
$6.00
+102.7%
-26.0%$113.87M$160.33M-22.77350
SILC
Silicom
2.4518 of 5 stars
$16.82
+3.2%
$20.00
+18.9%
+8.3%$113.70M$58.11M-8.41320Positive News
QMCO
Quantum
2.1016 of 5 stars
$17.17
-13.7%
$19.00
+10.7%
+71.2%$98.90M$311.60M0.00900
ALOT
AstroNova
2.3973 of 5 stars
$11.80
-0.8%
N/A-30.6%$88.85M$148.09M23.60340Analyst Forecast
Positive News
INVE
Identiv
3.4814 of 5 stars
$3.51
flat
$7.25
+106.6%
-60.2%$83.85M$116.38M1.15330Positive News
OSS
One Stop Systems
2.1919 of 5 stars
$3.76
-8.3%
$5.00
+33.0%
+22.3%$79.37M$60.90M-7.52110News Coverage
Gap Up
MKFG
Markforged
3.7377 of 5 stars
$3.01
-1.5%
$5.00
+66.4%
-57.4%$61.96M$93.78M-0.69370
LINK
Interlink Electronics
0.5467 of 5 stars
$7.34
+4.1%
N/A-7.1%$47.58M$12.23M81.5690Gap Down
ZEPP
Zepp Health
2.9779 of 5 stars
$3.06
+5.1%
$14.65
+378.9%
-37.2%$46.04M$351.46M-1.221,230
HUBC
HUB Cyber Security
N/A$0.87
-14.0%
N/A-35.1%$30.33M$42.66M0.00720News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:TACT) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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