Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) versus Evercel (OTCMKTS:EVRC) Financial Contrast

Evercel (OTCMKTS:EVRC) and Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Evercel and Vicor, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evercel	0	0	0	0	0.00
Vicor	0	1	2	0	2.67

Vicor has a consensus target price of $90.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.37%. Given Vicor’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vicor is more favorable than Evercel.

Volatility & Risk

Evercel has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vicor has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Evercel and Vicor”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Evercel	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vicor	$359.06 million	12.35	$6.13 million	$1.83	54.26

Vicor has higher revenue and earnings than Evercel.

Profitability

This table compares Evercel and Vicor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evercel	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vicor	18.63%	13.77%	12.14%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

47.5% of Vicor shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.3% of Vicor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vicor beats Evercel on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Evercel

Evercel, Inc., through its interest in Printronix Holding Corporation, designs and manufactures printers and related consumables for various industrial printing applications worldwide. The company provides multi-technology supply chain printing solutions for various industries, including manufacturing, transportation and logistics, retail distribution, food and beverages distribution, and pharmaceutical distribution. Its line matrix printers are used in various applications, such as labeling and inventory management, build sheets, invoicing, manifests and bills of lading, and reporting. The company offers its products directly to end-users, as well as through channel partners, such as dealers and distributors. Evercel, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Miami, Florida.

About Vicor

Vicor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets modular power components and power systems for converting electrical power in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers a range of brick-format DC-DC converters; complementary components provide AC line rectification, input filtering, power factor correction, and transient protection; and input and output voltage, and output power products, as well as electrical and mechanical accessories. It also design, sells, and service custom power systems solutions. The company serves independent manufacturers of electronic devices, original equipment manufacturers, and their contract manufacturers in the aerospace and aviation, defense electronics, satellites, factory automation, instrumentation, test equipment, transportation, telecommunications and networking infrastructure and vehicles, and transportation markets. Vicor Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.