Analyzing Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) and Stardust Power (NASDAQ:SDST)

Stardust Power (NASDAQ:SDST) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

Stardust Power has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its stock price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Stardust Power and Kopin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stardust Power	N/A	N/A	-185.06%
Kopin	-13.81%	-30.97%	-9.76%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

32.8% of Stardust Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Kopin shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.3% of Stardust Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Kopin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Stardust Power and Kopin, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stardust Power	1	1	2	1	2.60
Kopin	1	0	4	0	2.60

Stardust Power currently has a consensus target price of $28.17, indicating a potential upside of 791.35%. Kopin has a consensus target price of $4.69, indicating a potential upside of 96.95%. Given Stardust Power’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Stardust Power is more favorable than Kopin.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Stardust Power and Kopin”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Stardust Power	N/A	N/A	-$23.75 million	($3.93)	-0.80
Kopin	$50.33 million	8.63	-$43.88 million	($0.04)	-59.50

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

Summary

Stardust Power beats Kopin on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Stardust Power

Stardust Power Inc. is a vertically-integrated lithium refinery that engages in producing battery-grade lithium. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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.