Analyzing Kopin (KOPN) & The Competition

Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) is one of 377 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Kopin to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Kopin and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kopin	$39.32 million	$2.61 million	83.67
Kopin Competitors	$115.50 billion	$173.80 million	5.61

Kopin’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Kopin. Kopin is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Kopin and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kopin	1	1	6	0	2.62
Kopin Competitors	2049	7618	10452	665	2.47

Kopin presently has a consensus price target of $7.17, indicating a potential upside of 114.12%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 36.24%. Given Kopin’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Kopin is more favorable than its rivals.

Risk & Volatility

Kopin has a beta of 3.72, suggesting that its stock price is 272% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin’s rivals have a beta of -0.29, suggesting that their average stock price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Kopin and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kopin	18.26%	14.79%	8.42%
Kopin Competitors	-141.19%	-31.04%	-7.22%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

31.0% of Kopin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Kopin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Kopin beats its rivals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Kopin Company Profile

Kopin Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, invents, develops, manufactures, and sells microdisplays, subassemblies, and related components for defense, enterprise, industrial, and consumer products in the United States, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and internationally. It offers miniature active-matrix liquid crystal displays, liquid crystal on silicon displays/spatial light modulators, organic light emitting diode displays, microLED display technologies, application specific integrated circuits, backlights, and optical lenses; and head-mounted and hand-held VR products. The company’s products are used for soldier thermal weapon rifle sights, avionic fixed and rotary wing pilot helmets, armored vehicle targeting systems, and training and simulation headsets; industrial and medical headsets; 3D optical inspection systems; and consumer augmented reality and virtual reality wearable headsets systems. Kopin Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts.