IMMR vs. IVAC, INVE, NTAP, WDC, SYNA, CRSR, EVLV, SSYS, MITK, and RDCM
Should you be buying Immersion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Immersion include Intevac (IVAC), Identiv (INVE), NetApp (NTAP), Western Digital (WDC), Synaptics (SYNA), Corsair Gaming (CRSR), Evolv Technologies (EVLV), Stratasys (SSYS), Mitek Systems (MITK), and RADCOM (RDCM).
Intevac (NASDAQ:IVAC) and Immersion (NASDAQ:IMMR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
Intevac has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Immersion has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Immersion has a net margin of 40.62% compared to Intevac's net margin of -15.08%. Immersion's return on equity of 27.05% beat Intevac's return on equity.
Immersion has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.50%. Given Immersion's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Immersion is more favorable than Intevac.
60.3% of Intevac shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.6% of Immersion shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Intevac shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Immersion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Immersion had 2 more articles in the media than Intevac. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Immersion and 2 mentions for Intevac. Intevac's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Immersion's score of 0.34 indicating that Intevac is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Immersion has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Intevac. Intevac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Immersion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Immersion received 73 more outperform votes than Intevac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.79% of users gave Immersion an outperform vote while only 60.48% of users gave Intevac an outperform vote.
Summary
Immersion beats Intevac on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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