Head to Head Review: Senstar Technologies (SNT) and The Competition

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Senstar Technologies and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Senstar Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Senstar Technologies Competitors	2047	7599	10425	660	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 35.40%. Given Senstar Technologies’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Senstar Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

20.7% of Senstar Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by institutional investors. 24.4% of Senstar Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Senstar Technologies has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Senstar Technologies’ competitors have a beta of -0.18, indicating that their average stock price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Senstar Technologies and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Senstar Technologies	$36.37 million	$3.22 million	72.80
Senstar Technologies Competitors	$4.00 billion	$172.92 million	5.37

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

Profitability

This table compares Senstar Technologies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Senstar Technologies	1.34%	1.16%	0.91%
Senstar Technologies Competitors	-158.14%	-25.87%	-6.85%

Summary

Senstar Technologies competitors beat Senstar Technologies on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Senstar Technologies Company Profile

Senstar Technologies Corporation provides physical, video, and access control security products and solutions worldwide. It offers solutions for critical sites, which leverage its portfolio of perimeter intrusion detection systems, and video management software with intelligent video analytics security solutions, as well as access control products and technologies. The company's solutions and products are optimized for perimeter, outdoor, and general security applications. Its portfolio of critical infrastructure protection and site protection technologies includes various smart barriers and fences, fence mounted sensors, virtual gates, buried and concealed detection systems, and sensors for sub-surface intrusion, such as to secure pipelines, as well as video analytics software and video management systems. Senstar Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.