KOPN vs. POET, ATOM, MRAM, GSIT, GCTS, PXLW, MOBX, AXTI, LPTH, and SQNS
Should you be buying Kopin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kopin include POET Technologies (POET), Atomera (ATOM), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), GSI Technology (GSIT), GCT Semiconductor (GCTS), Pixelworks (PXLW), Mobix Labs (MOBX), AXT (AXTI), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), and Sequans Communications (SQNS).
POET Technologies (NASDAQ:POET) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
POET Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 333.28%. Kopin has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 256.93%. Given Kopin's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe POET Technologies is more favorable than Kopin.
In the previous week, Kopin had 1 more articles in the media than POET Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Kopin and 3 mentions for POET Technologies. Kopin's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat POET Technologies' score of 0.34 indicating that POET Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kopin has higher revenue and earnings than POET Technologies. POET Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kopin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
POET Technologies has a net margin of 0.00% compared to POET Technologies' net margin of -125.20%. POET Technologies' return on equity of -94.96% beat Kopin's return on equity.
POET Technologies has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 2.56, indicating that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.
2.0% of POET Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of POET Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Kopin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kopin received 300 more outperform votes than POET Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave POET Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave Kopin an outperform vote.
Summary
Kopin beats POET Technologies on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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