TransAct Technologies (TACT) and The Competition Critical Survey

TransAct Technologies (NASDAQ:TACT) is one of 82 public companies in the “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare TransAct Technologies to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares TransAct Technologies and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TransAct Technologies	-0.75%	-1.25%	-0.85%
TransAct Technologies Competitors	-91.68%	-30.13%	7.72%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for TransAct Technologies and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TransAct Technologies	1	1	0	0	1.50
TransAct Technologies Competitors	1119	4398	7814	380	2.54

As a group, “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies have a potential upside of 70.59%. Given TransAct Technologies’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TransAct Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

74.5% of TransAct Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of shares of all “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of TransAct Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of shares of all “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares TransAct Technologies and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TransAct Technologies	$51.48 million	-$1.24 million	-120.00
TransAct Technologies Competitors	$25.41 billion	$4.16 billion	2.65

TransAct Technologies’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than TransAct Technologies. TransAct Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

TransAct Technologies has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransAct Technologies’ peers have a beta of 1.75, meaning that their average share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TransAct Technologies peers beat TransAct Technologies on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

TransAct Technologies Company Profile

TransAct Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ:TACT) develops and manufactures transaction-based technology products for the gaming, lottery, food service and point-of-sale markets. The company’s offerings include thermal printers, kiosks, terminals and related hardware used to produce tickets, receipts, vouchers and other transaction documents. In the gaming and lottery industries, TransAct supplies printers and other equipment for slot machines, video lottery terminals, ticket-in/ticket-out systems and lottery applications.