Interlink Electronics (NASDAQ:LINK – Get Free Report) and 908 Devices (NASDAQ:MASS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
88.1% of 908 Devices shares are held by institutional investors. 77.5% of Interlink Electronics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.2% of 908 Devices shares are held 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.
Profitability
This table compares Interlink Electronics and 908 Devices’ 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% |
| 908 Devices | -56.96% | -12.54% | -8.87% |
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Interlink Electronics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 908 Devices | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
908 Devices has a consensus price target of $12.83, indicating a potential upside of 17.95%. Given 908 Devices’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 908 Devices is more favorable than Interlink Electronics.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Interlink Electronics and 908 Devices”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Interlink Electronics | $11.89 million | 6.73 | -$1.62 million | ($0.07) | -72.57 |
| 908 Devices | $56.20 million | 8.00 | $19.49 million | ($0.95) | -11.45 |
908 Devices has higher revenue and earnings than Interlink Electronics. Interlink Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 908 Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
908 Devices beats Interlink Electronics on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Interlink Electronics
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.
About 908 Devices
908 Devices Inc., a commercial-stage technology company, provides various purpose-built handheld and desktop mass spectrometry devices to interrogate unknown and invisible materials in life sciences research, bioprocessing, pharma/biopharma, forensics, and adjacent markets. The company's products include MX908, a handheld, battery-powered, and Mass Spec device that is designed for rapid analysis of solid, liquid, vapor, and aerosol materials of unknown identity; Rebel, a small desktop analyzer that provides real-time information on the extracellular environment in bioprocesses; and Maverick, an optical in-line analyzer that offers real-time monitoring and control of multiple bioprocess parameters, including glucose, lactate, and total biomass in mammalian cell cultures, as well as provides process fingerprint data to support large-scale efforts in predictive bioprocess modeling. Its products also comprise Maven and Trace C2, an online device for bioprocess monitoring and control; and ZipChip solution, a plug-and-play, high-resolution separation platform that optimizes Mass Spec sample analysis. The company operates in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and rest of the Americas. 908 Devices Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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