NEON vs. NSYS, LGL, ICAD, MNDO, NCTY, CREX, DTST, TACT, FKWL, and MRDB
Should you be buying Neonode stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Neonode include Nortech Systems (NSYS), The LGL Group (LGL), iCAD (ICAD), MIND C.T.I. (MNDO), The9 (NCTY), Creative Realities (CREX), Data Storage (DTST), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Franklin Wireless (FKWL), and MariaDB (MRDB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Nortech Systems (NASDAQ:NSYS) and Neonode (NASDAQ:NEON) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Nortech Systems has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neonode has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Neonode received 78 more outperform votes than Nortech Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.67% of users gave Nortech Systems an outperform vote while only 50.13% of users gave Neonode an outperform vote.
Nortech Systems has a net margin of 4.93% compared to Nortech Systems' net margin of -256.11%. Neonode's return on equity of 22.27% beat Nortech Systems' return on equity.
In the previous week, Nortech Systems had 4 more articles in the media than Neonode. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Nortech Systems and 4 mentions for Neonode. Neonode's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Nortech Systems' score of -0.24 indicating that Nortech Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nortech Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Neonode. Neonode is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nortech Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3.1% of Nortech Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Neonode shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of Nortech Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.7% of Neonode shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Nortech Systems beats Neonode on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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