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IMMR vs. WDC, NTAP, SYNA, TBCH, VUZI, INVE, YIBO, TACT, SCKT, and LOGI

Should you be buying Immersion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Immersion include Western Digital (WDC), NetApp (NTAP), Synaptics (SYNA), Turtle Beach (TBCH), Vuzix (VUZI), Identiv (INVE), Planet Image International (YIBO), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Socket Mobile (SCKT), and Logitech International (LOGI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Immersion vs. Its Competitors

Immersion (NASDAQ:IMMR) and Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Immersion pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Western Digital pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Immersion pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Digital pays out 7.8% 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. Immersion is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

60.6% of Immersion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Western Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Immersion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Western Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Immersion$33.92M6.73$90.07M$2.782.54
Western Digital$9.52B2.75$1.89B$5.1514.56

In the previous week, Western Digital had 19 more articles in the media than Immersion. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Western Digital and 5 mentions for Immersion. Western Digital's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Immersion's score of 0.63 indicating that Western Digital 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Western Digital
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Immersion has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Digital has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Western Digital has a net margin of 14.13% compared to Immersion's net margin of 7.31%. Western Digital's return on equity of 24.93% beat Immersion's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Immersion7.31% 21.53% 8.75%
Western Digital 14.13%24.93%10.59%

Immersion currently has a consensus price target of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 73.76%. Western Digital has a consensus price target of $78.74, indicating a potential upside of 5.02%. Given Immersion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Immersion is more favorable than Western Digital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Immersion
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Western Digital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Summary

Western Digital beats Immersion on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IMMR vs. The Competition

MetricImmersionCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$228.39M$500.73M$29.75B$9.72B
Dividend Yield2.55%2.55%3.12%4.12%
P/E Ratio2.544.3750.4424.75
Price / Sales6.734.491,533.2097.72
Price / Cash6.617.8536.1158.47
Price / Book1.122.147.295.59
Net Income$90.07M-$113.96M$804.94M$265.99M
7 Day Performance3.52%1.74%1.37%5.07%
1 Month Performance-10.53%7.01%-1.11%0.61%
1 Year Performance-33.30%31.66%24,146.63%22.83%

Immersion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IMMR
Immersion
3.621 of 5 stars
$7.05
+2.5%
$12.25
+73.8%
-33.3%$228.39M$33.92M2.5420
WDC
Western Digital
4.6908 of 5 stars
$77.29
+1.0%
$78.74
+1.9%
+25.6%$26.71B$9.52B15.0151,000Positive News
NTAP
NetApp
4.7787 of 5 stars
$103.23
+2.1%
$118.86
+15.1%
-13.3%$20.26B$6.57B18.1711,700News Coverage
Positive News
SYNA
Synaptics
3.4024 of 5 stars
$62.10
+2.7%
$93.75
+51.0%
-12.6%$2.33B$959.40M53.511,716Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Buyback Announcement
Gap Up
TBCH
Turtle Beach
2.2634 of 5 stars
$14.32
+2.3%
$14.75
+3.0%
N/A$282.05M$372.77M16.87300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VUZI
Vuzix
0.3332 of 5 stars
$1.99
+2.6%
$2.00
+0.5%
+99.0%$147.91M$5.76M0.00110News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
INVE
Identiv
3.9677 of 5 stars
$3.44
-0.3%
$6.50
+89.0%
+16.6%$81.48M$26.63M0.00330News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
YIBO
Planet Image International
N/A$1.55
+3.3%
N/A-41.0%$80.82M$149.83M0.001,404High Trading Volume
TACT
TransAct Technologies
2.9523 of 5 stars
$3.83
-0.3%
$5.00
+30.5%
-8.3%$38.71M$43.38M0.00120News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
SCKT
Socket Mobile
1.3737 of 5 stars
$1.13
+1.8%
N/A-1.1%$8.78M$18.76M0.0050
LOGI
Logitech International
3.0743 of 5 stars
$92.27
+2.9%
$93.57
+1.4%
+14.1%$0.00$4.55B21.927,300Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume

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