Immersion (IMMR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, IVAC or IMMR?

Intevac has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Immersion has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

60.3% of Intevac shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.6% of Immersion shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Intevac shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Immersion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IVAC or IMMR?

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
Intevac	$63.98M	1.69	-$12.19M	-$0.33	-12.09
Immersion	$163.13M	1.53	$90.06M	$2.78	2.77

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IVAC or IMMR?

Immersion received 77 more outperform votes than Intevac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.98% of users gave Immersion an outperform vote while only 58.96% of users gave Intevac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intevac	Outperform Votes 352 58.96%	Underperform Votes 245 41.04%
Immersion	Outperform Votes 429 71.98%	Underperform Votes 167 28.02%

Do analysts prefer IVAC or IMMR?

Immersion has a consensus target price of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 59.09%. Given Immersion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Immersion is more favorable than Intevac.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intevac	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Immersion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer IVAC or IMMR?

In the previous week, Immersion had 7 more articles in the media than Intevac. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Immersion and 1 mentions for Intevac. Immersion's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Intevac's score of 0.94 indicating that Immersion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intevac	Positive
Immersion	Positive

Is IVAC or IMMR more profitable?

Immersion has a net margin of 11.79% compared to Intevac's net margin of -62.21%. Immersion's return on equity of 28.08% beat Intevac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intevac	-62.21%	-39.14%	-29.32%
Immersion	11.79%	28.08%	12.22%

Is IVAC or IMMR a better dividend stock?

Intevac pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Immersion pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Intevac pays out -60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Immersion pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Intevac is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Immersion beats Intevac on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.