Head-To-Head Contrast: Nidec (OTCMKTS:NJDCY) and CPS Technologies (NASDAQ:CPSH)

CPS Technologies (NASDAQ:CPSH) and Nidec (OTCMKTS:NJDCY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for CPS Technologies and Nidec, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CPS Technologies	1	1	1	0	2.00
Nidec	0	3	0	0	2.00

CPS Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.14%. Given CPS Technologies’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CPS Technologies is more favorable than Nidec.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CPS Technologies and Nidec”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CPS Technologies	$32.60 million	2.46	$420,000.00	N/A	N/A
Nidec	$17.12 billion	2.15	$1.11 billion	$0.26	14.85

Nidec has higher revenue and earnings than CPS Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares CPS Technologies and Nidec’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CPS Technologies	0.10%	0.16%	0.13%
Nidec	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

11.2% of CPS Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Nidec shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of CPS Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

CPS Technologies has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nidec has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CPS Technologies beats Nidec on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CPS Technologies

CPS Technologies Corporation provides advanced material solutions to the transportation, automotive, energy, computing/internet, telecommunication, aerospace, defense, and oil and gas markets in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company offers metal matrix composites such as baseplates for various applications, including motor controllers used in electric trains, subway cars, wind turbines, and hybrid and electric vehicles; hermetic packages for use in radar, satellite, and avionics applications; baseplates and housings used in modules built with wide band gap semiconductors; and lids and heat spreaders for use in internet switches and routers. It also assembles housings and packages that includes metal matrix composite components for hybrid circuits; and produces armor for naval and military applications. The company sells its products to microelectronics systems companies. The company was formerly known as Ceramics Process Systems Corporation and changed its name to CPS Technologies Corporation in March 2007. CPS Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Norton, Massachusetts.

About Nidec

Nidec Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells motors, electronics and optical components, and other related products in Japan and internationally. The company offers medium- and large-size motors, small-size and precision motors, motor-related products, units and modules, automotive components, mechanical equipment/machine tools, inspection and measuring equipment, electronic devices, sensors, and other products, as well as mold, molding, cutting, and machining components. Its products are used for applications in robotics, IoT products, automotive components, home appliances, logistics/agriculture, information technology, office automation, mobile optical components, medical and health care products, housing equipment, commercial and professional products, industrial machinery, and processing/inspection equipment. The company was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan..