Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) & EMCORE (NASDAQ:EMKR) Head-To-Head Review

EMCORE (NASDAQ:EMKR) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

65.7% of EMCORE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Kopin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of EMCORE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Kopin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares EMCORE and Kopin”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EMCORE	$97.72 million	0.28	-$75.36 million	($8.77)	-0.34
Kopin	$40.39 million	4.52	-$19.75 million	($0.41)	-2.80

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

Profitability

This table compares EMCORE and Kopin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EMCORE	-81.08%	-25.05%	-13.56%
Kopin	-109.38%	-165.86%	-42.90%

Volatility & Risk

EMCORE has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 2.72, indicating that its stock price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for EMCORE and Kopin, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EMCORE	0	3	0	0	2.00
Kopin	0	0	3	0	3.00

EMCORE presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.33%. Kopin has a consensus price target of $2.67, indicating a potential upside of 131.88%. Given Kopin’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kopin is more favorable than EMCORE.

Summary

Kopin beats EMCORE on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About EMCORE

EMCORE Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures fiber optic gyro, ring laser gyro, and micro electromechanical system-based inertial sensors and systems in the United States and internationally. It offers navigation system and inertial sensing products, such as gyroscopes and multi-axis sensors, inertial measurement units, fiber optic gyroscopes, quartz micro electromechanical systems, inertial navigation systems, tactical navigation, and naval and amphibious navigation, as well as radar positioning and pointing systems, and battlefield/artillery survey systems. The company sells its products through direct sales force, application engineers, third-party sales representatives, and distributors. EMCORE Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Alhambra, California.

About Kopin

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.