Expion360 (NASDAQ:XPON – Get Free Report) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Volatility & Risk
Expion360 has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 2.85, meaning that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
34.5% of Expion360 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Expion360 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Kopin shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Expion360 | $5.62 million | 0.49 | -$13.48 million | ($116.55) | -0.01 |
| Kopin | $50.33 million | 5.27 | -$43.88 million | ($0.11) | -14.82 |
Expion360 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kopin. Kopin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expion360, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Expion360 and Kopin, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Expion360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kopin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Kopin has a consensus price target of $2.58, indicating a potential upside of 58.49%. Given Kopin’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kopin is more favorable than Expion360.
Profitability
This table compares Expion360 and Kopin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Expion360 | -185.56% | -429.56% | -124.42% |
| Kopin | -28.70% | -87.81% | -22.85% |
Summary
Kopin beats Expion360 on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Expion360
Expion360 Inc. designs, assembles, manufactures, and sells lithium iron phosphate batteries and supporting accessories under the VPR 4EVER name for recreational vehicles, marine, golf, industrial, residential, and off-the-grid applications. It provides battery monitors; direct current battery chargers; various models of industrial tie-downs; power generators AURA POWERCAP; terminal blocks; and bus bars. The company also engages in the development of e360 Home Energy Storage systems; e360 SmartTalk mobile application. It serves dealers, wholesalers, private label customers, and original equipment manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Yozamp Products Company, LLC and changed its name to Expion360 Inc. in November 2021. Expion360 Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Redmond, Oregon.
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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