Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) and Peraso (NASDAQ:PRSO) Head to Head Review

Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) and Peraso (NASDAQ:PRSO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Kopin and Peraso, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kopin	0	0	4	0	3.00
Peraso	0	0	2	0	3.00

Kopin currently has a consensus price target of $2.63, indicating a potential upside of 58.13%. Peraso has a consensus price target of $3.38, indicating a potential upside of 292.44%. Given Peraso’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Peraso is more favorable than Kopin.

Profitability

This table compares Kopin and Peraso’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kopin	-109.38%	-165.86%	-42.90%
Peraso	-142.26%	-374.33%	-156.30%

Volatility & Risk

Kopin has a beta of 2.73, suggesting that its share price is 173% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peraso has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Kopin and Peraso”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kopin	$40.39 million	6.53	-$19.75 million	($0.41)	-4.05
Peraso	$13.75 million	0.22	-$16.80 million	($16.41)	-0.05

Peraso has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kopin. Kopin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peraso, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Peraso shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Kopin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Peraso shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Kopin beats Peraso on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kopin

Kopin Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, invents, develops, manufactures, and sells microdisplays, subassemblies, and related components for defense, enterprise, industrial, and consumer products in the United States, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and internationally. It offers miniature active-matrix liquid crystal displays, liquid crystal on silicon displays/spatial light modulators, organic light emitting diode displays, microLED display technologies, application specific integrated circuits, backlights, and optical lenses; and head-mounted and hand-held VR products. The company’s products are used for soldier thermal weapon rifle sights, avionic fixed and rotary wing pilot helmets, armored vehicle targeting systems, and training and simulation headsets; industrial and medical headsets; 3D optical inspection systems; and consumer augmented reality and virtual reality wearable headsets systems. Kopin Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts.

About Peraso

Peraso Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, develops, markets, and sells semiconductor devices and modules. The company's products include millimeter wavelength (mmWave) ICs, including baseband IC, various mmWave radio frequency, integrated circuits, as well as associated antenna technology; and mmWave antenna modules. It also provides accelerator engine products, comprising bandwidth engine for high-performance applications where throughput is critical; and quad partition rate, which allows for parallel accesses to multiple partitions of the memory simultaneously. Its mmWave products are used for various applications, such as multi-gigabit point-to-point (PtMP) wireless links; and fixed wireless access in the 5G operating bands, as well as consumer applications, such as wireless video streaming, and untethered augmented reality and virtual reality. The company also licenses intellectual property, as well as offers non-recurring engineering services. It markets its products through direct sales personnel, as well as sells representatives and distributors. The company was formerly knowns as MoSys, Inc. and changed its name to Peraso Inc. in December 2021. Peraso Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is based in San Jose, California.