KOPN vs. MRAM, PXLW, HIMX, LPL, HPE, AAPL, DELL, HPQ, DBD, and SSYS
Should you be buying Kopin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kopin include Everspin Technologies (MRAM), Pixelworks (PXLW), Himax Technologies (HIMX), LG Display (LPL), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Apple (AAPL), Dell Technologies (DELL), HP (HPQ), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), and Stratasys (SSYS).
Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) and Everspin Technologies (NASDAQ:MRAM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
Kopin has a beta of 2.57, meaning that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everspin Technologies has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kopin's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Everspin Technologies'average media sentiment score.
Kopin currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 299.31%. Everspin Technologies has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.54%. Given Kopin's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Kopin is more favorable than Everspin Technologies.
Kopin received 28 more outperform votes than Everspin Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.73% of users gave Everspin Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave Kopin an outperform vote.
Everspin Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Kopin. Kopin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Everspin Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Everspin Technologies has a net margin of 12.77% compared to Kopin's net margin of -125.20%. Everspin Technologies' return on equity of 15.70% beat Kopin's return on equity.
31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Everspin Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Kopin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Everspin Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Everspin Technologies beats Kopin on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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