Ultralife (NASDAQ:ULBI – Get Free Report) and Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Ultralife and Vicor”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ultralife | $191.16 million | 0.66 | -$5.90 million | ($0.50) | -15.24 |
| Vicor | $452.70 million | 35.06 | $118.56 million | $2.99 | 116.47 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
30.7% of Ultralife shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Vicor shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.0% of Ultralife shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of Vicor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Ultralife and Vicor, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ultralife | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Vicor | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
Vicor has a consensus price target of $228.33, suggesting a potential downside of 34.43%. Given Vicor’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vicor is more favorable than Ultralife.
Profitability
This table compares Ultralife and Vicor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ultralife | -4.37% | 1.15% | 0.70% |
| Vicor | 28.98% | 20.21% | 18.26% |
Volatility and Risk
Ultralife has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vicor has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vicor beats Ultralife on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ultralife
Ultralife Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, installs, and maintains power, and communication and electronics systems worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Battery & Energy Products and Communications Systems. The Battery & Energy Products segment offers lithium 9-volt, cylindrical, thin lithium manganese dioxide, rechargeable, and other non-rechargeable batteries; lithium-ion cells, multi-kilowatt module lithium-ion battery systems, and uninterruptable power supplies; and rugged military and commercial battery charging systems and accessories, including smart chargers, multi-bay charging systems, and various cables. The Communications Systems segment provides communications systems and accessories to support military communications systems, such as radio frequency amplifiers, power supplies and cables, connector assemblies, amplified speakers, equipment mounts, case equipment, man-portable systems, and integrated communication systems for fixed or vehicle applications comprising vehicle adapters, vehicle installed power enhanced rifleman appliqué systems, and SATCOM systems. This segment's military communications systems and accessories are designed to enhance and extend the operation of communications equipment, such as vehicle-mounted, manpack, and handheld transceivers. The company sells its products under the Ultralife, Ultralife HiRate, Ultralife Thin Cell, Ultralife Batteries, Lithium Power, McDowell Research, AMTITM, ABLETM, ACCUTRONICS, ACCUPRO, ENTELLION, SWE Southwest Electronic Energy Group, SWE SEASAFE, Excell Battery Group, and Criterion Gauge brands through original equipment manufacturers, and industrial and defense supply distributors. In addition, it sells its 9-volt battery to the broader consumer market through national and regional retail chains and online retailers. It serves government, defense, and commercial sectors. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Newark, New York.
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.
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