Head to Head Survey: Credo Technology Group (NASDAQ:CRDO) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN)

Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) and Credo Technology Group (NASDAQ:CRDO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kopin	$44.27 million	4.74	-$19.75 million	($0.41)	-3.22
Credo Technology Group	$327.53 million	25.50	-$28.37 million	$0.01	4,918.00

Kopin has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Credo Technology Group. Kopin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Credo Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Credo Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Kopin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Credo Technology Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Kopin and Credo Technology Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kopin	0	0	4	0	3.00
Credo Technology Group	0	0	9	1	3.10

Kopin presently has a consensus target price of $2.63, indicating a potential upside of 98.86%. Credo Technology Group has a consensus target price of $74.90, indicating a potential upside of 52.30%. Given Kopin’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kopin is more favorable than Credo Technology Group.

Volatility & Risk

Kopin has a beta of 2.74, indicating that its stock price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Credo Technology Group has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kopin	-109.38%	-165.86%	-42.90%
Credo Technology Group	-9.70%	-2.94%	-2.60%

Summary

Credo Technology Group beats Kopin on 11 of the 15 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 Credo Technology Group

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd provides various high-speed connectivity Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd provides various high-speed connectivity solutions for optical and electrical Ethernet applications in the United States, Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and internationally. Its products include HiWire active electrical cables, optical digital signal processors, low-power line card PHY, serializer/deserializer (SerDes) chiplets, and SerDes IP, as well as integrated circuits, active electrical cables. The company also offers intellectual property solutions consist of SerDes IP licensing. It sells its products to hyperscalers, original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers and optical module manufacturers, as well as into the enterprise and HPC markets. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.