TACT vs. INVE, ALOT, RDCM, DTST, CREX, MNDO, ICAD, NEON, NSYS, and NCTY
Should you be buying TransAct Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAct Technologies include Identiv (INVE), AstroNova (ALOT), RADCOM (RDCM), Data Storage (DTST), Creative Realities (CREX), MIND C.T.I. (MNDO), iCAD (ICAD), Neonode (NEON), Nortech Systems (NSYS), and The9 (NCTY).
TransAct Technologies (NASDAQ:TACT) and Identiv (NASDAQ:INVE) 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.
TransAct Technologies has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Identiv has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TransAct Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 97.37%. Identiv has a consensus target price of $8.75, indicating a potential upside of 108.83%. Given Identiv's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Identiv is more favorable than TransAct Technologies.
74.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Identiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Identiv shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Identiv had 2 more articles in the media than TransAct Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Identiv and 18 mentions for TransAct Technologies. TransAct Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Identiv's score of -0.21 indicating that TransAct Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TransAct Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Identiv. Identiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAct Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TransAct Technologies has a net margin of 0.94% compared to Identiv's net margin of -6.49%. TransAct Technologies' return on equity of 5.05% beat Identiv's return on equity.
TransAct Technologies received 2 more outperform votes than Identiv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.39% of users gave TransAct Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave Identiv an outperform vote.
Summary
TransAct Technologies beats Identiv on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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