BIO-key International (NASDAQ:BKYI – Get Free Report) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
26.5% of BIO-key International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of BIO-key International 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
BIO-key International has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 2.93, meaning that its share price is 193% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BIO-key International | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Kopin | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.60 |
Kopin has a consensus target price of $4.69, indicating a potential upside of 113.07%. Given Kopin’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kopin is more favorable than BIO-key International.
Profitability
This table compares BIO-key International and Kopin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BIO-key International | -70.23% | -73.33% | -43.89% |
| Kopin | -13.81% | -30.97% | -9.76% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares BIO-key International and Kopin”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BIO-key International | $6.93 million | 0.92 | -$4.30 million | ($1.04) | -0.56 |
| Kopin | $50.33 million | 7.98 | -$43.88 million | ($0.04) | -55.00 |
BIO-key International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kopin. Kopin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BIO-key International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kopin beats BIO-key International on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BIO-key International
BIO-key International, Inc. develops and markets fingerprint identification biometric technology and software solutions, and enterprise-ready identity access management solutions for commercial, government, and education customers in the United States and internationally. The company offers BIO-key PortalGuard and PortalGuard IDaaS solutions, a customer-controlled and neutral-by-design cloud-based identity platform that allows customers to integrate with any cloud or on-premises SaaS application, as well as windows device authentication through IAM platform. Its solutions enable its customers to secure their workforces and student populations; and make their partner networks more collaborative. In addition, it provides BIO-key VST and WEB-key products; and Civil and Large-Scale ID Infrastructure solutions that develops finger-based biometric technology. Further, it offers finger scanners for enterprise and consumer markets under SideSwipe, EcoID, and SidePass brand names. The company was formerly known as SAC Technologies and changed its name to BIO-key International, Inc. in 2002. BIO-key International, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Wall, New Jersey.
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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