Head to Head Survey: Hoya (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) and Stardust Power (NASDAQ:SDST)

Hoya (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) and Stardust Power (NASDAQ:SDST) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Hoya and Stardust Power”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hoya	$5.69 billion	8.38	$1.35 billion	$4.00	34.74
Stardust Power	N/A	N/A	-$23.75 million	($5.60)	-0.69

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.1% of Hoya shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of Stardust Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.3% of Stardust Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Hoya and Stardust Power, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hoya	0	0	0	3	4.00
Stardust Power	1	1	2	2	2.83

Stardust Power has a consensus target price of $51.13, suggesting a potential upside of 1,227.92%. Given Stardust Power’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stardust Power is more favorable than Hoya.

Profitability

This table compares Hoya and Stardust Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hoya	23.57%	21.01%	16.61%
Stardust Power	N/A	N/A	-268.49%

Volatility and Risk

Hoya has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stardust Power has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hoya beats Stardust Power on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hoya

HOYA Corporation, a med-tech company, provides high-tech and medical products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Life Care, Telecommunication, and Other. The company offers life care products, including eyeglass and contact lenses; medical endoscopes; intraocular lenses; laparoscopic surgical instruments; automatic endoscope cleaning equipment; and other medical related products, such as prosthetic ceramic fillers and metallic implants for orthopedics. It also operates Eyecity, a specialty retailer of contact lenses. In addition, the company provides information technology products, such as mask blanks and photomasks for manufacturing semiconductor chips; glass disks for hard disk drives; and imaging products that include optical glasses/optical lenses, colored glass filters, and laser equipment/UV light resources. Further, it engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of photomasks for manufacturing flat panel displays. Additionally, the company offers ReadSpeaker, a speech synthesis software; and cloud services comprising Kinnosuke, a time and attendance management service, as well as Yonosuke, an electronic payslip service. HOYA Corporation was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Stardust Power

Stardust Power Inc. is a vertically-integrated lithium refinery that engages in producing battery-grade lithium. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.