Immersion (IMMR) Competitors

Immersion (NASDAQ:IMMR) and Intevac (NASDAQ:IVAC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Is IMMR or IVAC more profitable?

Immersion has a net margin of 40.62% compared to Intevac's net margin of -13.55%. Immersion's return on equity of 27.05% beat Intevac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Immersion	40.62%	27.05%	14.31%
Intevac	-13.55%	-8.82%	-6.64%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IMMR or IVAC?

60.6% of Immersion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Intevac shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Immersion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Intevac 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, IMMR or IVAC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Immersion	$163.13M	1.80	$33.98M	$2.80	3.25
Intevac	$65.57M	1.34	-$12.19M	-$0.33	-9.88

Do analysts rate IMMR or IVAC?

Immersion presently has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.51%. Given Immersion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Immersion is more favorable than Intevac.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Immersion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Intevac	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IMMR or IVAC?

Immersion received 74 more outperform votes than Intevac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.84% of users gave Immersion an outperform vote while only 59.76% of users gave Intevac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Immersion	Outperform Votes 426 71.84%	Underperform Votes 167 28.16%
Intevac	Outperform Votes 352 59.76%	Underperform Votes 237 40.24%

Does the media prefer IMMR or IVAC?

In the previous week, Immersion had 10 more articles in the media than Intevac. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Immersion and 1 mentions for Intevac. Intevac's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Immersion's score of 0.58 indicating that Intevac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Immersion	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Intevac	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, IMMR or IVAC?

Immersion has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intevac has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Immersion beats Intevac on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.