Interlink Electronics (NASDAQ:LINK – Get Free Report) and Yaskawa Electric (OTCMKTS:YASKY – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Interlink Electronics and Yaskawa Electric’s 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% |
| Yaskawa Electric | 6.32% | 7.19% | 4.34% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Interlink Electronics and Yaskawa Electric, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Interlink Electronics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Yaskawa Electric | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.75 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Interlink Electronics and Yaskawa Electric”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Interlink Electronics | $11.89 million | 5.82 | -$1.62 million | ($0.07) | -62.71 |
| Yaskawa Electric | $3.62 billion | 1.84 | $236.12 million | $1.76 | 29.18 |
Yaskawa Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Interlink Electronics. Interlink Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yaskawa Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Yaskawa Electric beats Interlink Electronics on 10 of the 11 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 Yaskawa Electric
YASKAWA Electric Corporation engages in motion control, robotics, system engineering, and other businesses worldwide. It manufactures and sells various AC drives, including general purpose AC drives, specific purpose AC drives, AC Drive for systems, regenerative energy saving units, and PM motors for use in household appliances, such as air conditioners and refrigerators; social infrastructures comprising elevators, escalators, trains, cranes, fans, and pumps; and factories that manufacture printing machinery, textile machinery, rubber machinery, and other materials. The company also offers rotary servo motors, direct drive servo motors, linear motors/linear sliders, machine controllers, positioning sensor encoders, and servo amplifiers for use in industrial robots, semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, machine tools, flat panel display manufacturing equipment, and metal working machines; and arc and spot welding, handling/assembling, collaborative, biomedical, palletizing, press handling, sealing/cutting/laser machining, deburring, painting, glass substrates transfer, and semiconductor wafer transfer robots for use in semiconductor wafer conveyance, arc welding, spot welding, handling, assembly, and palletizing applications. In addition, it provides industrial system electrical products, such as medium-voltage AC drives, system use AC drives, and system controllers for use in iron and steel systems, water and wastewater treatment, crane, and paper-making/film/port cargo handling/fiber/printing applications. Further, the company offers equipment for energy saving and creation comprising PV inverters, systems for large wind turbines, control equipment for small-scale power generation, and motor drive systems for use in photovoltaic power generation, large-scale wind power generation, small-scale power generation, and electric vehicles. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Kitakyushu, Japan.
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