Everspin Technologies (NASDAQ:MRAM) versus Kyocera (OTCMKTS:KYOCY) Critical Contrast

Kyocera (OTCMKTS:KYOCY) and Everspin Technologies (NASDAQ:MRAM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Kyocera and Everspin Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kyocera	1.34%	0.82%	0.60%
Everspin Technologies	2.85%	2.74%	2.27%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Kyocera and Everspin Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kyocera	0	0	0	0	0.00
Everspin Technologies	0	0	1	0	3.00

Everspin Technologies has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.87%. Given Everspin Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Everspin Technologies is more favorable than Kyocera.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

7.4% of Kyocera shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Everspin Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Everspin Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Kyocera has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everspin Technologies has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kyocera and Everspin Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kyocera	$13.88 billion	1.26	$697.41 million	$0.14	88.50
Everspin Technologies	$49.11 million	2.82	$9.05 million	($0.02)	-308.00

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

Summary

Everspin Technologies beats Kyocera on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kyocera

Kyocera Corporation develops, produces, and distributes products based on fine ceramic technologies in Japan, rest of Asia, Europe, the United States, and internationally. It operates through Core Components Business, Electronic Components Business, and Solutions Business segments. The Core Components Business segment offers components, such as fine ceramic components for semiconductor processing equipment, automotive camera modules, and ceramic packages, as well as organic packages and boards to protect electronic components and ICs to industrial machinery, automotive-related, and the information and communication-related markets; optical components, and jewelry and applied ceramic related products; and medical devices comprising prosthetic joints and dental implants. The Electronic Components Business segment provides various electronic components and devices, including capacitors, crystal devices, connectors, and power semiconductor devices for diverse fields comprising information and communications, industrial equipment, automotive-related, and consumer markets, as well as sensors and control components. The Solutions Business segment offers cutting tools, as well as pneumatic and power tools for automotive-related and general industrial, and construction markets; printers for offices; and communication terminals, such as mobile phones, as well as information systems and telecommunication services. This segment also provides MFPs, commercial inkjet printers, communication modules, displays, and printing devices, as well as information systems and telecommunication, smart energy-related products and services, and solution services, such as document management system. The company was formerly known as Kyoto Ceramic Kabushiki Kaisha and changed its name to Kyocera Corporation in 1982. Kyocera Corporation was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

About Everspin Technologies

Everspin Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) products in the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Singapore, China, Canada, and internationally. It offers Toggle MRAM, spin-transfer torque MRAM, and tunnel magneto resistance sensor products, as well as foundry services for MRAM products. The company provides its products for applications, including industrial, medical, automotive/transportation, aerospace, and data center markets. It serves original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and original design manufacturers through a direct sales channel, and a network of representatives and distributors. Everspin Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.