TDK (OTCMKTS:TTDKY) vs. Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) Head to Head Contrast

Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) and TDK (OTCMKTS:TTDKY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

47.5% of Vicor shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.3% of Vicor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TDK shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Vicor and TDK, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vicor	0	2	3	0	2.60
TDK	0	0	0	0	0.00

Vicor currently has a consensus price target of $118.33, suggesting a potential downside of 29.04%. Given Vicor’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vicor is more favorable than TDK.

Profitability

This table compares Vicor and TDK’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vicor	18.63%	13.77%	12.14%
TDK	7.85%	10.07%	5.01%

Volatility & Risk

Vicor has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TDK has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Vicor and TDK”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vicor	$359.06 million	20.74	$6.13 million	$1.83	91.13
TDK	$14.48 billion	1.88	$1.10 billion	$0.61	22.90

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

Summary

Vicor beats TDK on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vicor

Vicor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets modular power components and power systems for converting electrical power in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers a range of brick-format DC-DC converters; complementary components provide AC line rectification, input filtering, power factor correction, and transient protection; and input and output voltage, and output power products, as well as electrical and mechanical accessories. It also design, sells, and service custom power systems solutions. The company serves independent manufacturers of electronic devices, original equipment manufacturers, and their contract manufacturers in the aerospace and aviation, defense electronics, satellites, factory automation, instrumentation, test equipment, transportation, telecommunications and networking infrastructure and vehicles, and transportation markets. Vicor Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.

About TDK

TDK Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacture and sale of electronic components in Japan, Europe, China, Asia, the Americas, and internationally. The company operates through Passive Components, Sensor Application Products, Magnetic Application Products, Energy Application Products, and Other segments. The Passive Components segment offers ceramic capacitors, aluminum electrolytic capacitors, film capacitors, high-frequency components, piezoelectric materials, and circuit protection components, as well as inductive devices, including ferrite cores, coils, and transformers. The Sensor Application Products segment provides temperature and pressure, magnetic, and MEMS sensors. The Magnetic Application Products segment offers hard disk drives (HDD) heads, HDD suspension assemblies, and magnets. The Energy Application Products segment provides energy devices comprising rechargeable batteries, and power supplies. The Other segment provides mechatronics production equipment and camera module micro actuators for smartphones and other products. The company also engages in engages in insurance and real estate agency businesses. The company was formerly known as Tokyo Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. and changed its name to TDK Corporation in 1983. TDK Corporation was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.