Immersion (IMMR) Competitors

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

Is IMMR or IVAC a better dividend stock?

Immersion pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Intevac pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Immersion pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intevac pays out -60.6% 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.

Which has preferable 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	1.40	$90.06M	$2.78	2.54
Intevac	$63.98M	1.70	-$12.19M	-$0.33	-12.11

Is IMMR or IVAC 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
Immersion	11.79%	28.08%	12.22%
Intevac	-62.21%	-39.14%	-29.32%

Do analysts recommend IMMR or IVAC?

Immersion currently has a consensus price target of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 73.27%. Given Immersion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	2 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 favor IMMR or IVAC?

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 58.76% of users gave Intevac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Immersion	Outperform Votes 429 71.98%	Underperform Votes 167 28.02%
Intevac	Outperform Votes 352 58.76%	Underperform Votes 247 41.24%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Intevac shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to IMMR or IVAC?

In the previous week, Immersion had 2 more articles in the media than Intevac. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Immersion and 0 mentions for Intevac. Intevac's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Immersion's score of 1.57 indicating that Intevac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Immersion	Very Positive
Intevac	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, IMMR or IVAC?

Immersion has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intevac has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Immersion beats Intevac on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.