Comparing Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) & Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY)

Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) and Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Vicor and Omron, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vicor	0	1	0	1	3.00
Omron	0	0	0	0	0.00

Vicor presently has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.03%. Given Vicor’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vicor is more favorable than Omron.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vicor	15.44%	11.32%	9.96%
Omron	4.04%	3.46%	2.39%

Risk and Volatility

Vicor has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omron has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vicor	$359.06 million	6.12	$6.13 million	$1.46	33.48
Omron	$5.26 billion	1.08	$107.39 million	$1.11	24.94

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

47.5% of Vicor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Omron shares are held by institutional investors. 31.3% of Vicor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vicor beats Omron on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Omron

OMRON Corporation engages in industrial automation, device and module solutions, social systems, and healthcare businesses worldwide. The Industrial Automation Business offers sensors, switches, safety and control components, relays, motion and drives, robotics, energy conservation, power supplies, and automation system products. It also offers environmental mobility, digital devices, food and commodity, logistic and warehouse automation, medical, robotic, panel, vision, software, and traceability related solutions. The Social Systems, Solutions and Service Business provides energy, public transport, traffic safety, network protection, payment, infrastructure monitoring, management service, and DX solutions, as well as offers remote surveillance/monitoring, automation/robotics, software development, engineering/maintenance, and other services. The Healthcare Business provides cardiovascular, respiratory care, pain management, remote patient monitoring, and other solutions. The Device and Module Solutions Business offers relays, switches, connectors, and sensors. OMRON Corporation was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.