Intevac (IVAC) Competitors

Intevac (NASDAQ:IVAC) and Immersion (NASDAQ:IMMR) 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 community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is IVAC or IMMR more profitable?

Immersion has a net margin of 11.79% compared to Intevac's net margin of -13.55%. Immersion's return on equity of 28.08% beat Intevac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intevac	-13.55%	-8.82%	-6.64%
Immersion	11.79%	28.08%	12.22%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer IVAC or IMMR?

In the previous week, Intevac had 2 more articles in the media than Immersion. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Intevac and 0 mentions for Immersion. Intevac's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Immersion's score of 1.00 indicating that Intevac is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intevac	Positive
Immersion	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, IVAC or IMMR?

Intevac has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Immersion has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IVAC or IMMR?

Immersion received 74 more outperform votes than Intevac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.84% of users gave Immersion an outperform vote while only 59.56% of users gave Intevac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intevac	Outperform Votes 352 59.56%	Underperform Votes 239 40.44%
Immersion	Outperform Votes 426 71.84%	Underperform Votes 167 28.16%

Do analysts rate IVAC or IMMR?

Immersion has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 56.43%. 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IVAC or IMMR?

Immersion has lower revenue, but higher 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	$52.67M	1.79	-$12.19M	-$0.33	-10.58
Immersion	$33.92M	8.21	$90.38M	$2.80	3.08

Summary

Immersion beats Intevac on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.