Ideal Power (IPWR) Competitors

Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) and Vuzix (NASDAQ:VUZI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IPWR or VUZI?

Vuzix received 102 more outperform votes than Ideal Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Vuzix an outperform vote while only 63.80% of users gave Ideal Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ideal Power	Outperform Votes 252 63.80%	Underperform Votes 143 36.20%
Vuzix	Outperform Votes 354 68.87%	Underperform Votes 160 31.13%

Does the media prefer IPWR or VUZI?

In the previous week, Ideal Power had 11 more articles in the media than Vuzix. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ideal Power and 4 mentions for Vuzix. Ideal Power's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Vuzix's score of 0.22 indicating that Ideal Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ideal Power	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vuzix	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, IPWR or VUZI?

Ideal Power has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vuzix has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IPWR or VUZI?

16.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Vuzix shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ideal Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Vuzix shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend IPWR or VUZI?

Vuzix has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.37%. Given Vuzix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vuzix is more favorable than Ideal Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ideal Power	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Vuzix	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is IPWR or VUZI more profitable?

Vuzix has a net margin of -1,437.17% compared to Ideal Power's net margin of -7,152.45%. Ideal Power's return on equity of -55.69% beat Vuzix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ideal Power	-7,152.45%	-55.69%	-49.80%
Vuzix	-1,437.17%	-139.39%	-131.18%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IPWR or VUZI?

Ideal Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vuzix. Ideal Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vuzix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ideal Power	$86.03K	495.84	-$9.95M	-$1.21	-4.22
Vuzix	$5.33M	35.03	-$50.15M	-$1.03	-2.38

Summary

Vuzix beats Ideal Power on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.