Loop Industries (LOOP) Competitors

Loop Industries (NASDAQ:LOOP) and AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LOOP or ALOT?

4.9% of Loop Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of AstroNova shares are held by institutional investors. 49.8% of Loop Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of AstroNova shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LOOP or ALOT more profitable?

AstroNova has a net margin of 3.17% compared to Loop Industries' net margin of -8,792.50%. AstroNova's return on equity of 8.28% beat Loop Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loop Industries	-8,792.50%	-80.06%	-63.30%
AstroNova	3.17%	8.28%	5.33%

Do analysts rate LOOP or ALOT?

Loop Industries currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 165.02%. Given Loop Industries' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Loop Industries is more favorable than AstroNova.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loop Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
AstroNova	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, LOOP or ALOT?

Loop Industries has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AstroNova has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LOOP or ALOT?

AstroNova received 99 more outperform votes than Loop Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.16% of users gave AstroNova an outperform vote while only 66.85% of users gave Loop Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Loop Industries	Outperform Votes 123 66.85%	Underperform Votes 61 33.15%
AstroNova	Outperform Votes 222 69.16%	Underperform Votes 99 30.84%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LOOP or ALOT?

AstroNova has higher revenue and earnings than Loop Industries. Loop Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AstroNova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Loop Industries	$170K	791.23	-$21.30M	-$0.23	-12.30
AstroNova	$148.09M	0.90	$4.69M	$0.62	28.69

Does the media favor LOOP or ALOT?

In the previous week, AstroNova had 3 more articles in the media than Loop Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AstroNova and 3 mentions for Loop Industries. AstroNova's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Loop Industries' score of 0.46 indicating that AstroNova is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Loop Industries	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AstroNova	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AstroNova beats Loop Industries on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.