Microvision (MVIS) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Review

Microvision (NASDAQ:MVIS) is one of 377 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Microvision to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Microvision and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Microvision	$1.21 million	-$94.98 million	-0.25
Microvision Competitors	$4.00 billion	$172.92 million	6.14

Microvision’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Microvision. Microvision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Microvision and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Microvision	-2,230.59%	-324.21%	-114.29%
Microvision Competitors	-158.14%	-25.87%	-6.85%

Risk & Volatility

Microvision has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microvision’s competitors have a beta of -0.25, meaning that their average share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

30.9% of Microvision shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Microvision shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Microvision and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Microvision	1	1	0	0	1.50
Microvision Competitors	2047	7598	10416	658	2.47

Microvision currently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 3,388.37%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 31.58%. Given Microvision’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Microvision is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Microvision competitors beat Microvision on 10 of the 12 factors compared.

About Microvision

MicroVision, Inc. develops and sells lidar sensors and software used in automotive safety and autonomous driving applications. It offers a suite of light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors and perception; and validation software for automotive OEMs, advanced driver-assistance systems, and autonomous vehicle applications, as well as non-automotive applications including industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure. The company also provides MAVIN DR, a dynamic view lidar system, which combines short, medium, and long range sense and field of view into one form; lidar sensors under the MOVIA brand name; and MOSAIK, a software that automates manual data classification or annotation process. In addition, it provides engineering services for its hardware and software products. The company markets its products to customers directly, through trade shows, and its website. MicroVision, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.