Intevac (IVAC) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, IVAC or IMMR?

Intevac has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Immersion has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IVAC or IMMR a better dividend stock?

Intevac pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Immersion pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Intevac pays out -60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Immersion pays out 6.5% 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.

Do analysts prefer IVAC or IMMR?

Immersion has a consensus target price of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 59.09%. Given Immersion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IVAC or IMMR?

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 59.06% of users gave Intevac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intevac	Outperform Votes 352 59.06%	Underperform Votes 244 40.94%
Immersion	Outperform Votes 429 71.98%	Underperform Votes 167 28.02%

Does the media refer more to IVAC or IMMR?

In the previous week, Immersion had 10 more articles in the media than Intevac. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Immersion and 1 mentions for Intevac. Immersion's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Intevac's score of 0.96 indicating that Immersion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intevac	Positive
Immersion	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	$63.98M	1.70	-$12.19M	-$0.33	-12.12
Immersion	$163.13M	1.53	$90.06M	$2.78	2.77

Summary

Immersion beats Intevac on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.