Deswell Industries (NASDAQ:DSWL – Get Free Report) and Microvision (NASDAQ:MVIS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
30.9% of Microvision shares are held by institutional investors. 39.0% of Deswell Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Microvision shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Deswell Industries has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microvision has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Deswell Industries and Microvision’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Deswell Industries | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Microvision | -2,230.59% | -324.21% | -114.29% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Deswell Industries and Microvision, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Deswell Industries | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Microvision | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Microvision has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3,388.37%. Given Microvision’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Microvision is more favorable than Deswell Industries.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Deswell Industries and Microvision”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Deswell Industries | $61.33 million | 0.74 | $10.63 million | $0.48 | 5.94 |
| Microvision | $1.21 million | 25.36 | -$94.98 million | ($5.11) | -0.25 |
Deswell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Microvision. Microvision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deswell Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Deswell Industries beats Microvision on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Deswell Industries
Deswell Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells injection-molded plastic parts and components, electronic products and subassemblies, and metallic molds and accessory parts for original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers in China, the United States, Europe, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Canada, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Plastic Injection Molding and Electronic Products Assembling. The company produces a range of plastic parts and components that are used in the manufacture of consumer and industrial products, which include plastic components for electronic entertainment products, power tools, accessories, and outdoor equipment; cases for flashlights, telephones, printers, scanners; parts for industrial components, and indoor control switches, as well as parts for audio equipment, and cases and key tops for personal organizers and remote controls; double injection caps; parts for medical products comprising apparatus for blood tests; laser key caps; automobile components; and plastic components of automatic robot. It also provides electronic products that consist of audio equipment, including digital and analogue audio mixers, amplifiers, signal processors, audio interfaces, network audio equipment, and speaker enclosures; consumer audio products, such as multi-channel receivers-amplifiers, wired and wireless audio streaming products, and headphones; printed circuit board assemblies; and medical products. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Macau.
About Microvision
MicroVision, Inc. develops and sells lidar sensors and software used in automotive safety and autonomous driving applications. It offers a suite of light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors and perception; and validation software for automotive OEMs, advanced driver-assistance systems, and autonomous vehicle applications, as well as non-automotive applications including industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure. The company also provides MAVIN DR, a dynamic view lidar system, which combines short, medium, and long range sense and field of view into one form; lidar sensors under the MOVIA brand name; and MOSAIK, a software that automates manual data classification or annotation process. In addition, it provides engineering services for its hardware and software products. The company markets its products to customers directly, through trade shows, and its website. MicroVision, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
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