Head to Head Comparison: Creative Technology (OTCMKTS:CREAF) & Vuzix (NASDAQ:VUZI)

Creative Technology (OTCMKTS:CREAF) and Vuzix (NASDAQ:VUZI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Creative Technology has a beta of -0.11, indicating that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vuzix has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Creative Technology and Vuzix’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Creative Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vuzix	-1,352.74%	-198.84%	-185.84%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

35.9% of Vuzix shares are held by institutional investors. 33.8% of Creative Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Vuzix shares are held 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Creative Technology and Vuzix”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Creative Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vuzix	$5.76 million	36.80	-$73.54 million	($1.03)	-2.70

Creative Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vuzix.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Creative Technology and Vuzix, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Creative Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00
Vuzix	0	0	1	0	3.00

Vuzix has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential downside of 28.06%. Given Vuzix’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vuzix is more favorable than Creative Technology.

Summary

Vuzix beats Creative Technology on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Creative Technology

Creative Technology Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes digital entertainment products worldwide. The company offers digitized sound and video boards, computers, and related multimedia and personal digital entertainment products. It also provides headphones, gaming headsets, speakers, sound cards, sound blasters, work solutions, webcams, adapters and accessories, audio products, and others. In addition, the company offers multimedia solutions for personal computers products. It markets its products and solutions to consumers and system integrators through a distribution network, including traditional marketing channels, original equipment manufacturers, and the Internet. Creative Technology Ltd was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Singapore.

About Vuzix

Vuzix Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technologies and products for the enterprise, medical, defense, and consumer markets. The company’s products include head-mounted smart personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays, and augmented reality, as well as original equipment manufacturer waveguide optical components and display engines. It also provides certified ERP SaaS logistics solution to support hand-held mobile phones and scanners used in logistics, warehousing, and manufacturing applications. It holds approximately 375 patents and patents pending and various IP licenses in the fields of optics, head-mounted displays, and augmented reality Video Eyewear field. It sells its products through resellers, distributors, direct to commercial customers, and online stores, as well as various Vuzix operated web stores in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Icuiti Corporation and changed its name to Vuzix Corporation in September 2007. Vuzix Corporation was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in West Henrietta, New York.