Plexus (NASDAQ:PLXS – Get Free Report) and Autoscope Technologies (NASDAQ:AATC – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Risk & Volatility
Plexus has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autoscope Technologies has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Plexus and Autoscope Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Plexus | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.86 |
| Autoscope Technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Plexus and Autoscope Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Plexus | $4.60 billion | 1.61 | $172.88 million | $6.78 | 40.82 |
| Autoscope Technologies | $8.93 million | 3.43 | $6.62 million | $0.25 | 22.20 |
Plexus has higher revenue and earnings than Autoscope Technologies. Autoscope Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plexus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
94.4% of Plexus shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Plexus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Autoscope Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Plexus and Autoscope Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Plexus | 4.03% | 12.46% | 5.57% |
| Autoscope Technologies | 37.59% | 27.06% | 23.97% |
Summary
Plexus beats Autoscope Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Plexus
Plexus Corp. provides electronic manufacturing services in the United States and internationally. It offers design, develop, supply chain, new product introduction, and manufacturing solutions, as well as sustaining services to companies in the healthcare/life sciences, industrial/commercial, aerospace/defense, and communications market sectors. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Neenah, Wisconsin.
About Autoscope Technologies
Autoscope Technologies Corporation develops and markets video and radar processing products for use in intersection control, highway, bridge and tunnel traffic management, and traffic data collection applications in the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. It operates in two segments, Intersection and Highway. The company provides Autoscope video systems that process video input from a traffic scene in real time and extracts the traffic data, including vehicle presence, bicycle presence/differentiation, counts, speed, length, time occupancy, turning movements, and flow rate; and RTMS radar systems that use radar to measure vehicle presence, volume, occupancy, speed, and classification information for roadway monitoring applications. It also offers IntellitraffiQ software that provides traffic measurement and data collection across large and small areas. The company markets and sells its products to end users comprising federal, state, city, and county departments of transportation, port, highway, tunnel, and other transportation authorities, as well as system integrators or other suppliers of systems and services who are operating under subcontracts in connection with road construction contracts. Autoscope Technologies Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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