Reviewing Heritage Media (OTCMKTS:OLVI) & Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN)

Heritage Media (OTCMKTS:OLVI) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Heritage Media and Kopin, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heritage Media	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kopin	0	0	3	0	3.00

Kopin has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.94%. Given Kopin’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kopin is more favorable than Heritage Media.

Volatility and Risk

Heritage Media has a beta of -1.69, meaning that its share price is 269% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 2.96, meaning that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Heritage Media and Kopin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heritage Media	-59.39%	N/A	N/A
Kopin	-29.47%	-66.91%	-20.69%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Heritage Media and Kopin”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Heritage Media	$84.40 million	5.34	-$60.76 million	($0.10)	-7.00
Kopin	$50.33 million	8.44	-$43.88 million	($0.09)	-29.00

Kopin has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Heritage Media. Kopin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heritage Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

31.0% of Kopin shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Kopin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kopin beats Heritage Media on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Heritage Media

Heritage Media Corporation was formerly known as Lignin Industries Inc. Heritage Media Corporation is based in Calgary, Canada.

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.