Reviewing Hoya (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) and Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products (OTCMKTS:BSTK)

Hoya (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) and Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products (OTCMKTS:BSTK) 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, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Hoya and Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hoya	23.33%	21.15%	16.72%
Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Hoya has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products has a beta of -2.04, suggesting that its stock price is 304% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.1% of Hoya shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Hoya and Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hoya	0	0	0	3	4.00
Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hoya and Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hoya	$5.69 billion	9.81	$1.35 billion	$4.00	40.64
Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Hoya has higher revenue and earnings than Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products.

Summary

Hoya beats Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products on 8 of the 8 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 Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products

Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products, Inc. designs and manufactures tactical lighting products and solutions for the military, law enforcement, hunting, camping, outdoor recreation, and marine safety markets in the United States. The company provides Tactical Blue Dot series products, perimeter infrared intrusion security alert products, adhesive light strips, remote pressure switches, rolling illuminated distraction and disorientation devices, baton integrated lights, duty light cameras, basic tactical lights, observation cameras, police cycle and traffic safety gloves, executive precision lighting instruments, and helmet light attachment systems, as well as accessories, such as holsters, color lenses, and batteries. It also offers outdoor adventure and recreation products, including rechargeable lighted dog collars and leashes, adhesive light strips, outdoor adventure signal safety packs, camp alert perimeter security and survival signaling systems, and sport gloves; and citizens safety products comprising personal protection systems, personal alarms, and anodized aluminum LED multi-tools, as well as tactical flashlight instructor courses. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Plymouth, Massachusetts.