Contrasting inTEST (NYSE:INTT) and Alphawave IP Group (OTCMKTS:AWEVF)

Alphawave IP Group (OTCMKTS:AWEVF) and inTEST (NYSE:INTT) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Alphawave IP Group and inTEST, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alphawave IP Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
inTEST	0	1	2	0	2.67

inTEST has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.30%. Given inTEST’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe inTEST is more favorable than Alphawave IP Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Alphawave IP Group and inTEST”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alphawave IP Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
inTEST	$121.07 million	1.49	$9.34 million	$0.04	359.25

inTEST has higher revenue and earnings than Alphawave IP Group.

Profitability

This table compares Alphawave IP Group and inTEST’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alphawave IP Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
inTEST	2.33%	5.31%	3.42%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

63.2% of inTEST shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of inTEST 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.

Summary

inTEST beats Alphawave IP Group on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alphawave IP Group

Alphawave IP Group plc develops and sells connectivity solutions in North America, China, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the United Kingdom. The company offers silicon IP solutions, chiplets, custom silicon, and connectivity products. It serves the data center, artificial intelligence, 5G wireless infrastructure, data networking, autonomous vehicles, data storage, and solid-state storage markets. Alphawave IP Group plc was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About inTEST

inTEST Corporation provides test and process technology solutions for use in manufacturing and testing in automotive, defense/aerospace, industrial, life sciences, security, and semiconductor markets worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Electronic Test, Environmental Technologies, and Process Technologies. The Electronic Test segment offers in2, Cobal, and LS series manipulators that hold various test heads and enable an operator to reposition a test head for alternate use with various probers or handlers on a test floor; and docking hardware products, which protect the interface contacts and ensure proper repeatable and precise alignment between the test head’s interface board and the prober’s probing assembly. This segment also provides tester interfaces that offer electrical connections between the tester and the wafer prober or IC handler; scorpion flying probe test systems that designs and manufactures robotics-based electronic test equipment; and BRiZ automated test and programming services. Its products are used in production testing of wafers and specialized packaged ICs in back-end testing by semiconductor manufacturers. The Environmental Technologies segment provides ThermoStream products that are used in the semi market as a stand-alone temperature management tool, or in various electronic test applications; thermal chambers; thermal platforms; Thermonics temperature conditioning products that offer tempered gas or fluid; and ultra-cold storage solutions, including biomedical freezers, refrigerators, and mobile storage solutions. The Process Technologies segment offers EKOHEAT and EASYHEAT induction heating systems; and digital streaming and image capturing solutions. The company markets and sells its products to semiconductor manufacturers, third-party foundries, test and assembly providers, and original equipment manufacturers. inTEST Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.