Head to Head Review: Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) vs. Remote Dynamics (OTCMKTS:RMTD)

Remote Dynamics (OTCMKTS:RMTD) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Remote Dynamics and Kopin, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Remote Dynamics	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kopin	1	0	4	0	2.60

Kopin has a consensus price target of $4.69, suggesting a potential upside of 158.26%. Given Kopin’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kopin is more favorable than Remote Dynamics.

Profitability

This table compares Remote Dynamics and Kopin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Remote Dynamics	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kopin	-13.81%	-30.97%	-9.76%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Remote Dynamics and Kopin”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Remote Dynamics	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kopin	$50.33 million	6.58	-$43.88 million	($0.04)	-45.38

Remote Dynamics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kopin.

Volatility and Risk

Remote Dynamics has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 2.87, indicating that its share price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kopin beats Remote Dynamics on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Remote Dynamics

Remote Dynamics, Inc. markets, sells, and supports automatic vehicle location and mobile resource management solutions. It serves its solutions to construction, field services, distribution, limousine, electrical/plumbing, waste management, and government. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

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.