Interlink Electronics (LINK) & Its Competitors Head to Head Review

Interlink Electronics (NASDAQ:LINK) is one of 377 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Interlink Electronics to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Interlink Electronics and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Interlink Electronics	1	0	0	0	1.00
Interlink Electronics Competitors	2049	7614	10449	665	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 41.19%. Given Interlink Electronics’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Interlink Electronics has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Interlink Electronics and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Interlink Electronics	$11.89 million	-$1.62 million	-44.29
Interlink Electronics Competitors	$4.00 billion	$172.92 million	4.89

Interlink Electronics’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Interlink Electronics. Interlink Electronics 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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

43.2% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 77.5% of Interlink Electronics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” 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.

Profitability

This table compares Interlink Electronics and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interlink Electronics	-8.95%	-12.38%	-9.81%
Interlink Electronics Competitors	-158.14%	-25.87%	-6.85%

Summary

Interlink Electronics peers beat Interlink Electronics on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

Interlink Electronics Company Profile

Interlink Electronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells force-sensing technologies that incorporate proprietary materials technology, firmware, and software into sensor-based products and custom sensor system solutions in the United States, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and internationally. The company's products include sensor components, subassemblies, modules, and products that support cursor control and novel three-dimensional user inputs. It also provides simple force and piezo sensors to multi-finger capable rugged trackpads; Force-Sensing Resistor sensors; force sensing linear potentiometers for menu navigation and control; and integrated mouse modules and pointing solutions to various electronic devices. In addition, the company offers human machine interface technology platforms for various applications, including vehicle entry, vehicle multi-media control interface, rugged touch controls, presence detection, collision detection, speed and torque controls, pressure mapping, biological monitoring, and others; and embedded firmware development and integration support services. It serves multi-national and start-up companies, technology design houses, original design manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers, and universities in various markets, such as consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, and medical through direct sales employees, as well as outside sales representatives and distributors. Interlink Electronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.