Vuzix (NASDAQ:VUZI – Get Free Report) and Identiv (NASDAQ:INVE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Vuzix and Identiv, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Vuzix | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Identiv | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Vuzix presently has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.96%. Identiv has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 90.62%. Given Identiv’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Identiv is more favorable than Vuzix.
Risk & Volatility
Institutional & Insider Ownership
35.9% of Vuzix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Identiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Vuzix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Identiv shares are owned by company 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.
Profitability
This table compares Vuzix and Identiv’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Vuzix | -1,352.74% | -198.84% | -185.84% |
| Identiv | 287.10% | -16.54% | -14.59% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Vuzix and Identiv”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Vuzix | $5.76 million | 27.00 | -$73.54 million | ($1.03) | -1.98 |
| Identiv | $26.63 million | 3.02 | $74.82 million | $3.03 | 1.13 |
Identiv has higher revenue and earnings than Vuzix. Vuzix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Identiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Identiv beats Vuzix on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Vuzix
Vuzix Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technologies and products for the enterprise, medical, defense, and consumer markets. The company’s products include head-mounted smart personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays, and augmented reality, as well as original equipment manufacturer waveguide optical components and display engines. It also provides certified ERP SaaS logistics solution to support hand-held mobile phones and scanners used in logistics, warehousing, and manufacturing applications. It holds approximately 375 patents and patents pending and various IP licenses in the fields of optics, head-mounted displays, and augmented reality Video Eyewear field. It sells its products through resellers, distributors, direct to commercial customers, and online stores, as well as various Vuzix operated web stores in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Icuiti Corporation and changed its name to Vuzix Corporation in September 2007. Vuzix Corporation was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in West Henrietta, New York.
About Identiv
Identiv, Inc., a security technology company, that provides secure identification and physical security solutions that secure things, data, and physical places worldwide. It operates in two segments, Identity and Premises. The Identity segment offers products and solutions that enables secure access to information serving the logical access and cyber security markets, as well as protecting connected objects and information using radio-frequency identification embedded security. The Premises segment provides solutions for premises security market, such as access control, video surveillance, analytics, audio, access readers, and identities to government facilities, schools, utilities, hospitals, stores, and apartment buildings. The company sells its products through dealers, systems integrators, value added resellers, and resellers. The company was formerly known as Identive Group, Inc. and changed its name to Identiv, Inc. in May 2014. Identiv, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
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