ALOT vs. BKKT, LOOP, CRGO, RMGC, RDCM, VERI, ARBE, VCSA, MVST, and INVE
Should you be buying AstroNova stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AstroNova include Bakkt (BKKT), Loop Industries (LOOP), Freightos (CRGO), RMG Acquisition Corp. III (RMGC), RADCOM (RDCM), Veritone (VERI), Arbe Robotics (ARBE), Vacasa (VCSA), Microvast (MVST), and Identiv (INVE).
AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) and Bakkt (NYSE:BKKT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Bakkt had 3 more articles in the media than AstroNova. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Bakkt and 2 mentions for AstroNova. AstroNova's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Bakkt's score of -0.17 indicating that AstroNova is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bakkt has a consensus target price of $13.13, suggesting a potential upside of 3,183.71%. Given Bakkt's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bakkt is more favorable than AstroNova.
AstroNova has a net margin of 3.17% compared to Bakkt's net margin of -9.59%. AstroNova's return on equity of 8.28% beat Bakkt's return on equity.
43.0% of AstroNova shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of Bakkt shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of AstroNova shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Bakkt shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AstroNova received 214 more outperform votes than Bakkt when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.16% of users gave AstroNova an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Bakkt an outperform vote.
AstroNova has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bakkt. Bakkt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AstroNova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AstroNova has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bakkt has a beta of 4.12, indicating that its share price is 312% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AstroNova beats Bakkt on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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