Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK – Get Free Report) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares Rockwell Automation and Kopin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Rockwell Automation | 10.42% | 32.69% | 10.69% |
| Kopin | -13.81% | -30.97% | -9.76% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Rockwell Automation and Kopin, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Rockwell Automation | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2.58 |
| Kopin | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.60 |
Risk and Volatility
Rockwell Automation has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 2.7, meaning that its share price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
75.8% of Rockwell Automation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Kopin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Rockwell Automation 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Rockwell Automation and Kopin”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Rockwell Automation | $8.34 billion | 5.60 | $869.00 million | $7.66 | 54.28 |
| Kopin | $50.33 million | 11.97 | -$43.88 million | ($0.04) | -82.50 |
Rockwell Automation has higher revenue and earnings than Kopin. Kopin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockwell Automation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rockwell Automation beats Kopin on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation and digital transformation solutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates through three segments, Intelligent Devices, Software & Control, and Lifecycle Services. Its solutions include hardware and software products and services. The Intelligent Devices segment offers drives, motion, safety, sensing, industrial components, and configured-to-order products. The Software & Control segment provides control and visualization software and hardware, information software, and network and security infrastructure solutions. The Lifecycle Services segment provides consulting, professional services and solutions, and connected and maintenance services. The company sells its solutions primarily through independent distributors in relation with its direct sales force. It serves discrete end markets, including automotive, semiconductor, and warehousing and logistics, as well as general industries comprising printing and publishing, marine, glass, fiber and textiles, airports, and aerospace; hybrid end markets, such as food and beverage, life sciences, household and personal care, and tire, as well as eco industrial, including water/wastewater, waste management, mass transit, and renewable energy; and process end markets comprising oil and gas, mining, metals, chemicals, pulp and paper, and others. Rockwell Automation, Inc. was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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.
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