Contrasting TD SYNNEX (NYSE:SNX) & Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN)
by Michael Walen · The Markets DailyKopin (NASDAQ:KOPN – Get Free Report) and TD SYNNEX (NYSE:SNX – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of TD SYNNEX shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Kopin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of TD SYNNEX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Kopin and TD SYNNEX”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kopin | $39.32 million | 25.40 | $2.61 million | $0.01 | 546.00 |
| TD SYNNEX | $62.51 billion | 0.34 | $827.66 million | $12.03 | 22.30 |
TD SYNNEX has higher revenue and earnings than Kopin. TD SYNNEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kopin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Kopin and TD SYNNEX, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kopin | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.57 |
| TD SYNNEX | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2.82 |
Kopin presently has a consensus price target of $7.15, indicating a potential upside of 30.95%. TD SYNNEX has a consensus price target of $212.60, indicating a potential downside of 20.74%. Given Kopin’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kopin is more favorable than TD SYNNEX.
Profitability
This table compares Kopin and TD SYNNEX’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kopin | 5.00% | 4.85% | 2.36% |
| TD SYNNEX | 1.52% | 14.03% | 3.63% |
Risk and Volatility
Kopin has a beta of 3.43, suggesting that its share price is 243% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TD SYNNEX has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TD SYNNEX beats Kopin on 8 of the 14 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 TD SYNNEX
TD SYNNEX Corporation operates as a distributor and solutions aggregator for the information technology (IT) ecosystem. The company offers personal computing devices and peripherals, mobile phones and accessories, printers, supplies, and endpoint technology software; and data center technologies, such as hybrid cloud, security, storage, networking, servers, technology software, and converged and hyper-converged infrastructure, as well as computing components. It also provides systems design and rack integration, build-to-order, and configure-to-order assembly; and thermal testing, power-draw testing, burn-in, and quality and logistics support. In addition, the company offers outsourced fulfillment, virtual distribution, and direct ship to end-users; shipping documents generation, multi-level serial number tracking, and configured products and online order and shipment tracking, as well as turn-key logistics solutions. Further, it provides public cloud solutions in productivity and collaboration, IaaS, or Infrastructure as a Service, PaaS, or Platform as a Service, SaaS, or Software as a Service, security, mobility, IoT, and other hybrid solutions. Additionally, the company offers online services; provides net terms, third party leasing, floor plan financing, and letters-of-credit backed financing and arrangement; and leases products and provides device-as-a-service, as well as offers direct mail, external media advertising, reseller product training, targeted telemarketing campaigns, national and regional trade shows, trade groups, database analysis, print on demand services, and web-based marketing. It serves value-added resellers, corporate resellers, government resellers, system integrators, direct marketers, retailers, and managed service providers. The company was formerly known as SYNNEX Corporation and changed its name to TD SYNNEX Corporation in September 2021. TD SYNNEX Corporation was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.