Credo Technology Group (NASDAQ:CRDO – Get Free Report) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Credo Technology Group and Kopin, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Credo Technology Group | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3.10 |
| Kopin | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
Credo Technology Group currently has a consensus price target of $74.90, suggesting a potential upside of 76.53%. Kopin has a consensus price target of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 106.69%. Given Kopin’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kopin is more favorable than Credo Technology Group.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Credo Technology Group | -9.70% | -2.94% | -2.60% |
| Kopin | -109.38% | -165.86% | -42.90% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
80.5% of Credo Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Credo Technology Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Kopin shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Credo Technology Group and Kopin”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Credo Technology Group | $327.53 million | 22.00 | -$28.37 million | $0.01 | 4,243.00 |
| Kopin | $44.27 million | 4.56 | -$19.75 million | ($0.41) | -3.10 |
Kopin has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Risk and Volatility
Credo Technology Group has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 2.74, meaning that its share price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Credo Technology Group beats Kopin on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
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