Immersion (IMMR) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer IMMR or IVAC?

Immersion currently has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 59.20%. Given Immersion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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)	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 75 more outperform votes than Intevac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.89% of users gave Immersion an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave Intevac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Immersion	Outperform Votes 427 71.89%	Underperform Votes 167 28.11%
Intevac	Outperform Votes 352 59.46%	Underperform Votes 240 40.54%

Does the media prefer IMMR or IVAC?

In the previous week, Intevac had 3 more articles in the media than Immersion. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Intevac and 3 mentions for Immersion. Immersion's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Intevac's score of 0.16 indicating that Immersion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has more volatility and risk, IMMR or IVAC?

Immersion has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intevac has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IMMR or IVAC?

Immersion has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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	$33.92M	8.07	$90.38M	$2.80	3.03
Intevac	$63.98M	1.72	-$12.19M	-$0.33	-12.24

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

Summary

Immersion beats Intevac on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.