Intevac (IVAC) 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 businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Do analysts prefer IVAC or IMMR?

Immersion has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.90%. 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
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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IVAC or IMMR?

Immersion received 73 more outperform votes than Intevac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.79% of users gave Immersion an outperform vote while only 59.76% of users gave Intevac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intevac	Outperform Votes 352 59.76%	Underperform Votes 237 40.24%
Immersion	Outperform Votes 425 71.79%	Underperform Votes 167 28.21%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$65.57M	1.40	-$12.19M	-$0.33	-10.30
Immersion	$163.13M	1.94	$33.98M	$2.05	4.78

Does the media prefer IVAC or IMMR?

In the previous week, Intevac and Intevac both had 10 articles in the media. Intevac's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Immersion's score of 0.67 indicating that Intevac is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Intevac	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Immersion	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IVAC or IMMR?

60.3% of Intevac shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.6% of Immersion shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Intevac shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Immersion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, IVAC or IMMR?

Intevac has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Immersion has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IVAC or IMMR more profitable?

Immersion has a net margin of 40.62% compared to Intevac's net margin of -13.55%. Immersion's return on equity of 27.05% beat Intevac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intevac	-13.55%	-8.82%	-6.64%
Immersion	40.62%	27.05%	14.31%

Summary

Immersion beats Intevac on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.