Vuzix (VUZI) Competitors

JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) and Vuzix (NASDAQ:VUZI) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JKS or VUZI?

Vuzix received 79 more outperform votes than JinkoSolar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Vuzix an outperform vote while only 54.89% of users gave JinkoSolar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JinkoSolar	Outperform Votes 275 54.89%	Underperform Votes 226 45.11%
Vuzix	Outperform Votes 354 68.87%	Underperform Votes 160 31.13%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in JKS or VUZI?

35.8% of JinkoSolar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Vuzix shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of JinkoSolar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Vuzix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer JKS or VUZI?

JinkoSolar presently has a consensus target price of $28.79, suggesting a potential upside of 24.20%. Vuzix has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential downside of 40.92%. Given JinkoSolar's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe JinkoSolar is more favorable than Vuzix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JinkoSolar	3 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.71
Vuzix	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, JKS or VUZI?

JinkoSolar has higher revenue and earnings than Vuzix. Vuzix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JinkoSolar, 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
JinkoSolar	$16.72B	0.07	$485.56M	$0.59	39.29
Vuzix	$12.13M	20.54	-$50.15M	-$1.24	-2.73

Which has more risk and volatility, JKS or VUZI?

JinkoSolar has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vuzix has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JKS or VUZI more profitable?

JinkoSolar has a net margin of 0.53% compared to Vuzix's net margin of -1,437.17%. JinkoSolar's return on equity of 4.18% beat Vuzix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JinkoSolar	0.53%	4.18%	1.06%
Vuzix	-1,437.17%	-139.39%	-131.18%

Does the media refer more to JKS or VUZI?

In the previous week, JinkoSolar had 4 more articles in the media than Vuzix. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for JinkoSolar and 0 mentions for Vuzix. Vuzix's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat JinkoSolar's score of 0.25 indicating that Vuzix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JinkoSolar	Neutral
Vuzix	Very Positive

Summary

JinkoSolar beats Vuzix on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.