Financial Analysis: Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) vs. Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN)

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

Profitability

This table compares Kopin and Vishay Precision Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kopin	18.26%	14.79%	8.42%
Vishay Precision Group	-1.00%	1.28%	0.94%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kopin and Vishay Precision Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kopin	$39.32 million	14.37	$2.61 million	$0.04	76.00
Vishay Precision Group	$307.20 million	1.91	$5.29 million	($0.25)	-176.64

Vishay Precision Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kopin. Vishay Precision Group 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 3.72, suggesting that its stock price is 272% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vishay Precision Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Kopin and Vishay Precision Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kopin	1	1	6	0	2.62
Vishay Precision Group	2	0	2	0	2.00

Kopin presently has a consensus target price of $7.17, indicating a potential upside of 135.75%. Vishay Precision Group has a consensus target price of $82.33, indicating a potential upside of 86.44%. Given Kopin’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Kopin is more favorable than Vishay Precision Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Kopin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kopin beats Vishay Precision Group on 10 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 Vishay Precision Group

Vishay Precision Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets specialized sensors, weighing solutions, and measurement systems in the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Asia, and Canada. It operates through three segments: Sensors, Weighing Solutions, and Measurement Systems. Its product portfolio includes precision resistors, strain gages, load cells and force measurement transducers, on-board weighing systems, and process weighing products; rolling force measuring load cell systems and pressure transmitters; web tension measurement load cells and systems; and optical strip width gages; and laser velocimeters for speed and length measurements and closed-loop crop optimization control systems for optimal strip cuts. The company also offers data acquisition systems and sensors for product safety testing; thermal-mechanical simulation systems for metallurgical research; and conditioning, data acquisition and control systems, as well as electronic displays, signal processors, microelectromechanical system sensors, cabling, system software, and communications software/hardware. Its products are used in industrial comprising waste management, bulk hauling, logging, scales manufacturing, engineering systems, pharmaceutical, oil, chemical, steel, paper, and food industries, as well as test and measurement, steel, medical, construction, agricultural, and consumer markets. The company offers its products under the Alpha Electronics, Powertron, Vishay Foil Resistors, Micro-Measurements, APR, Celtron, Revere, Sensortronics, Tedea-Huntleigh, Stress-tek, Vulcan, BLH Nobel, KELK, and DTS brands. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.