Financial Contrast: Everspin Technologies (NASDAQ:MRAM) vs. Oxford Instruments (OTCMKTS:OXINF)

Oxford Instruments (OTCMKTS:OXINF) and Everspin Technologies (NASDAQ:MRAM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Oxford Instruments and Everspin Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oxford Instruments	$536.00 million	N/A	$70.63 million	N/A	N/A
Everspin Technologies	$63.76 million	2.19	$9.05 million	$0.06	106.00

Oxford Instruments has higher revenue and earnings than Everspin Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Oxford Instruments and Everspin Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oxford Instruments	N/A	N/A	N/A
Everspin Technologies	2.85%	2.74%	2.27%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Oxford Instruments and Everspin Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oxford Instruments	0	0	0	1	4.00
Everspin Technologies	0	0	2	0	3.00

Everspin Technologies has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.51%. Given Everspin Technologies’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Everspin Technologies is more favorable than Oxford Instruments.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.7% of Everspin Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Everspin Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Oxford Instruments has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everspin Technologies has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Everspin Technologies beats Oxford Instruments on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oxford Instruments

Oxford Instruments plc provide scientific technology products and services for academic and commercial organizations worldwide. It operates through three segments: Materials & Characterisation, Research & Discovery, and Service & Healthcare. The company offers atomic force, electron, and Raman microscopy; deposition tools comprising plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition, chemical vapour deposition, inductively coupled plasma chemical vapour deposition, atomic layer deposition, and ion beam deposition systems; and etch tools, including inductively coupled plasma etching, reactive ion etching, deep silicon etching, atomic layer etching, and ion beam etching systems. It also provides low temperature systems, such as dilution refrigerators, high field magnets, and cryostats; optical imaging products, including cameras, confocal microscopy, and 3d and 4d visualisation software; nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) products comprising NMR spectrometers, TD-NMR research, QA/QC analyzers, and rock core analyzers; and X-Ray sources, tubes, and power supply products. Its products are used in various industries, such as advanced manufacturing, agriculture and food, astronomy, automotive and aerospace, bio imaging and life science, chemical and catalysis, energy generation and storage, forensics and environment, geology, petrology, mining, metals, alloys, composites, ceramics, pharma, photonics, polymers, quantum technologies, semiconductors, microelectronics, and data storage. Oxford Instruments plc was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

About Everspin Technologies

Everspin Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) products in the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Singapore, China, Canada, and internationally. It offers Toggle MRAM, spin-transfer torque MRAM, and tunnel magneto resistance sensor products, as well as foundry services for MRAM products. The company provides its products for applications, including industrial, medical, automotive/transportation, aerospace, and data center markets. It serves original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and original design manufacturers through a direct sales channel, and a network of representatives and distributors. Everspin Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.