Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) and Emeren Group (NYSE:SOL) Head-To-Head Contrast

Emeren Group (NYSE:SOL) and Kopin (NASDAQ:KOPN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

44.1% of Emeren Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.0% of Kopin shares are held by institutional investors. 37.3% of Emeren Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Kopin shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Emeren Group has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kopin has a beta of 2.71, indicating that its share price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Emeren Group	$104.67 million	0.90	-$3.19 million	($0.13)	-14.19
Kopin	$40.39 million	6.84	-$19.75 million	($0.41)	-4.24

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Emeren Group	-7.14%	-2.05%	-1.55%
Kopin	-109.38%	-165.86%	-42.90%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Emeren Group and Kopin, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Emeren Group	3	0	2	0	1.80
Kopin	0	0	4	0	3.00

Emeren Group presently has a consensus price target of $4.38, suggesting a potential upside of 137.13%. Kopin has a consensus price target of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 50.86%. Given Emeren Group’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Emeren Group is more favorable than Kopin.

Summary

Emeren Group beats Kopin on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Emeren Group

Emeren Group Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, develops, builds, and sells solar power projects. It owns and operates 3-gigawatt pipeline of projects and independent power producer assets, as well as a 10-gigawatt pipeline of storage pipeline. The company develops community solar gardens; and sells project rights. In addition, it engages in engineering design; procurement of solar modules; balance-of-system components and other components; and construction contracting and management services. Further, the company generates and sells electricity. It operates in China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Poland, Italy, and Hungary. The company was formerly known as ReneSola Ltd and changed its name to Emeren Group Ltd in January 2023. Emeren Group Ltd was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.

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.