Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN – Get Free Report) and Gauzy (NASDAQ:GAUZ – Get Free Report) 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 profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Kopin and Gauzy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kopin | 5.00% | 4.85% | 2.36% |
| Gauzy | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Kopin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kopin | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Gauzy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Kopin presently has a consensus price target of $7.15, indicating a potential upside of 76.54%. Gauzy has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,961.86%. Given Gauzy’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gauzy is more favorable than Kopin.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Kopin and Gauzy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kopin | $39.32 million | 18.84 | $2.61 million | $0.01 | 405.00 |
| Gauzy | $103.53 million | 0.09 | -$53.18 million | ($2.05) | -0.24 |
Kopin has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gauzy. Gauzy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kopin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Kopin has a beta of 3.43, suggesting that its share price is 243% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gauzy has a beta of -0.85, suggesting that its share price is 185% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kopin beats Gauzy on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Gauzy
Gauzy Ltd. is a fully-integrated light and vision control company which focused on the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of vision and light control technologies. It operates principally in Germany, France, the United States, Canada, China, Singapore and Dubai. Gauzy Ltd. is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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