Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) and Emeren Group (NYSE:SOL) Head to Head Survey

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Kopin and Emeren Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kopin	0	0	4	0	3.00
Emeren Group	3	0	2	0	1.80

Kopin presently has a consensus target price of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 45.03%. Emeren Group has a consensus target price of $4.38, suggesting a potential upside of 150.72%. Given Emeren Group’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Emeren Group is more favorable than Kopin.

Profitability

This table compares Kopin and Emeren Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kopin	-109.38%	-165.86%	-42.90%
Emeren Group	-7.14%	-2.05%	-1.55%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Kopin and Emeren Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kopin	$40.39 million	7.12	-$19.75 million	($0.41)	-4.41
Emeren Group	$104.67 million	0.85	-$3.19 million	($0.13)	-13.42

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

31.0% of Kopin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Emeren Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Kopin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of Emeren Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Kopin has a beta of 2.73, suggesting that its stock price is 173% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emeren Group has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Emeren Group beats Kopin on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Emeren Group

Emeren Group Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, develops, builds, and sells solar power projects. It owns and operates 3-gigawatt pipeline of projects and independent power producer assets, as well as a 10-gigawatt pipeline of storage pipeline. The company develops community solar gardens; and sells project rights. In addition, it engages in engineering design; procurement of solar modules; balance-of-system components and other components; and construction contracting and management services. Further, the company generates and sells electricity. It operates in China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Poland, Italy, and Hungary. The company was formerly known as ReneSola Ltd and changed its name to Emeren Group Ltd in January 2023. Emeren Group Ltd was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.