Financial Analysis: Microvision (MVIS) & Its Rivals

Microvision (NASDAQ:MVIS) is one of 377 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Microvision to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Microvision and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Microvision	$5.03 million	-$94.98 million	-0.22
Microvision Competitors	$115.49 billion	$173.80 million	2.60

Microvision’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Microvision. Microvision is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

30.9% of Microvision shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Microvision shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Microvision and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Microvision	-2,230.59%	-324.21%	-114.29%
Microvision Competitors	-160.23%	-30.21%	-6.88%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Microvision and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Microvision	1	1	0	0	1.50
Microvision Competitors	2049	7610	10441	662	2.47

Microvision currently has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3,900.00%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 41.35%. Given Microvision’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Microvision is more favorable than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

Microvision has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microvision’s peers have a beta of -0.30, indicating that their average share price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Microvision peers beat Microvision on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Microvision Company Profile

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.