IVAC vs. SOTK, ASYS, LICY, PXLW, ELVA, CBAT, CXDO, YIBO, XNET, and BW
Should you be buying Intevac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intevac include Sono-Tek (SOTK), Amtech Systems (ASYS), Li-Cycle (LICY), Pixelworks (PXLW), Electrovaya (ELVA), CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT), Crexendo (CXDO), Planet Image International (YIBO), Xunlei (XNET), and Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Intevac (NASDAQ:IVAC) and Sono-Tek (NASDAQ:SOTK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
60.3% of Intevac shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.9% of Sono-Tek shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Intevac shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Sono-Tek shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sono-Tek has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Intevac. Intevac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sono-Tek, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Intevac had 4 more articles in the media than Sono-Tek. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Intevac and 0 mentions for Sono-Tek. Sono-Tek's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Intevac's score of 0.48 indicating that Sono-Tek is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intevac received 244 more outperform votes than Sono-Tek when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.67% of users gave Sono-Tek an outperform vote while only 61.43% of users gave Intevac an outperform vote.
Intevac has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sono-Tek has a beta of -0.22, meaning that its stock price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sono-Tek has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Intevac's net margin of -19.52%. Sono-Tek's return on equity of 8.87% beat Intevac's return on equity.
Summary
Sono-Tek beats Intevac on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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