Interlink Electronics (NASDAQ:LINK – Get Free Report) and Neonode (NASDAQ:NEON – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Interlink Electronics and Neonode, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Interlink Electronics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Neonode | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Interlink Electronics and Neonode”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Interlink Electronics | $12.66 million | 5.32 | -$1.62 million | ($0.07) | -61.10 |
| Neonode | $2.06 million | 6.47 | $8.49 million | ($0.33) | -2.41 |
Neonode has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Interlink Electronics. Interlink Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Neonode, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
11.6% of Neonode shares are held by institutional investors. 77.5% of Interlink Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Neonode shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Interlink Electronics and Neonode’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% |
| Neonode | 397.84% | -32.35% | -28.42% |
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 Neonode
Neonode Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops optical sensing solutions for contactless touch, touch, and gesture sensing in the United States, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Switzerland, France, Sweden, China, and internationally. It also offers software solutions for machine perception to detect and track persons and objects in video streams from cameras and other types of imagers. In addition, the company sells touch sensor modules to OEMs, original design manufacturers, and systems integrators. Further, it licenses its zForce technology to original equipment manufacturers and automotive Tier 1 suppliers, as well as provides non-recurring engineering services related to application development. It serves office equipment, automotive, industrial automation, medical, military, and avionics markets. Neonode Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
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