Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) and Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) Head-To-Head Comparison

Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) and Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Kopin has a beta of 3.59, suggesting that its stock price is 259% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Badger Meter has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Kopin and Badger Meter, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kopin	1	1	6	0	2.62
Badger Meter	1	5	6	0	2.42

Kopin presently has a consensus price target of $7.17, suggesting a potential upside of 98.80%. Badger Meter has a consensus price target of $166.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.15%. Given Kopin’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kopin is more favorable than Badger Meter.

Profitability

This table compares Kopin and Badger Meter’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kopin	18.26%	14.79%	8.42%
Badger Meter	14.36%	18.49%	13.02%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

31.0% of Kopin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Badger Meter shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Kopin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Badger Meter shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kopin and Badger Meter”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kopin	$39.32 million	17.04	$2.61 million	$0.04	90.12
Badger Meter	$881.24 million	5.03	$141.63 million	$4.33	35.85

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

Summary

Kopin beats Badger Meter on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Badger Meter

Badger Meter, Inc. manufactures and markets flow measurement, quality, control, and communication solutions worldwide. It offers mechanical or static water meters, and related radio and software technologies and services to municipal water utilities market. The company also provides flow instrumentation products, including meters, valves, and other sensing instruments to measure and control fluids going through a pipe or pipeline, including water, air, steam, and other liquids and gases to original equipment manufacturers as the primary flow measurement device within a product or system, as well as through manufacturers' representatives. In addition, the company offers ORION Cellular endpoints to power network as a service; ORION mobile read endpoints support for deploying AMR solution; radio products; hardware, instruments, and sensors, and related software, to enhance connected data to a water utility's operation; water quality monitoring solutions, including optical sensing and electrochemical instruments; and high frequency pressure and leak detection sensors to aid in burst pipe and leak events; as well as BEACON, a secure cloud-hosted software suite that establishes alerts for specific conditions and allows consumer engagement tools that permit end water customers to view and manage their water usage activity. Its flow instrumentation products are used in water/wastewater, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, and corporate sustainability markets. The company serves water utilities, commercial, and industrial industries; and provides training, project management, technical support, and other collaborative services for customers. It sells its products and software directly, as well as through resellers and representatives. The company was incorporated in 1905 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.