IMMR vs. IVAC, WDC, NTAP, SYNA, TBCH, VUZI, INVE, YIBO, TACT, and SCKT
Should you be buying Immersion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Immersion include Intevac (IVAC), Western Digital (WDC), NetApp (NTAP), Synaptics (SYNA), Turtle Beach (TBCH), Vuzix (VUZI), Identiv (INVE), Planet Image International (YIBO), TransAct Technologies (TACT), and Socket Mobile (SCKT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Immersion vs. Its Competitors
Immersion (NASDAQ:IMMR) and Intevac (NASDAQ:IVAC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
Immersion has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intevac has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Immersion presently has a consensus price target of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 54.38%. Given Immersion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Immersion is more favorable than Intevac.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Immersion pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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.
In the previous week, Immersion had 9 more articles in the media than Intevac. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Immersion and 0 mentions for Intevac. Immersion's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Intevac's score of 0.00 indicating that Immersion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Immersion has a net margin of 7.31% compared to Intevac's net margin of -62.21%. Immersion's return on equity of 21.53% beat Intevac's return on equity.
Summary
Immersion beats Intevac on 15 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
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This page (NASDAQ:IMMR) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
