KTCC vs. ELTK, SGMA, DZSI, OSS, MATH, CUTR, IRIX, INUV, PODC, and CMTL
Should you be buying Key Tronic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Key Tronic include Eltek (ELTK), SigmaTron International (SGMA), DZS (DZSI), One Stop Systems (OSS), Metalpha Technology (MATH), Cutera (CUTR), IRIDEX (IRIX), Inuvo (INUV), PodcastOne (PODC), and Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) and Eltek (NASDAQ:ELTK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
40.7% of Key Tronic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of Eltek shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Key Tronic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 72.0% of Eltek shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Eltek has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Key Tronic. Eltek is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Key Tronic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eltek has a net margin of 13.60% compared to Key Tronic's net margin of 0.04%. Eltek's return on equity of 26.20% beat Key Tronic's return on equity.
Key Tronic has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eltek has a beta of -1.73, suggesting that its share price is 273% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Key Tronic received 104 more outperform votes than Eltek when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.96% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote while only 53.28% of users gave Eltek an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Eltek had 5 more articles in the media than Key Tronic. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Eltek and 1 mentions for Key Tronic. Eltek's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Key Tronic's score of 0.00 indicating that Eltek is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Eltek beats Key Tronic on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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