Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) versus Murata Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:MRAAY) Financial Survey

Murata Manufacturing (OTCMKTS:MRAAY) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Murata Manufacturing and Kopin, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Murata Manufacturing	0	1	1	1	3.00
Kopin	1	1	5	0	2.57

Kopin has a consensus price target of $7.20, indicating a potential upside of 65.90%. Given Kopin’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kopin is more favorable than Murata Manufacturing.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.8% of Murata Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Kopin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Murata Manufacturing	13.86%	9.84%	8.39%
Kopin	18.26%	14.79%	8.42%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Murata Manufacturing and Kopin”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Murata Manufacturing	$12.16 billion	7.38	$1.54 billion	$0.47	52.23
Kopin	$36.72 million	21.97	$2.61 million	$0.04	108.50

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

Volatility and Risk

Murata Manufacturing has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 3.57, indicating that its share price is 257% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kopin beats Murata Manufacturing on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Murata Manufacturing

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. designs, manufactures, and sells ceramic-based passive electronic components and solutions in Japan and internationally. The company offers capacitors, inductors, noise suppression products/EMI suppression filters/ESD protection devices, resistors, thermistors, sensors, timing devices, quartz devices, sound components, power products, batteries, micro mechatronics, RFID product, baluns, couplers, filters, phase shifters, RF switches, front-end modules, SAW components, connectors, antennas, connectivity modules, wireless connectivity platforms, ionizers/active oxygen modules, and transformers. It also offers Femtet, a CAE software that solves various engineering challenges; and provides silver oxide battery. In addition, the company provides connectivity, Wifi sensing, IOT, AI, and RFID solutions. Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. offers its products for use in communications equipment, mobility, enterprise system, industrial, healthcare, medical, personal electronics applications, and other sectors. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Nagaokakyo, Japan.

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.