Reviewing Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) and ICZOOM Group (NASDAQ:IZM)

ICZOOM Group (NASDAQ:IZM) and Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

34.3% of ICZOOM Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Vicor shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.3% of Vicor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for ICZOOM Group and Vicor, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ICZOOM Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Vicor	0	2	3	0	2.60

Vicor has a consensus price target of $118.33, indicating a potential downside of 24.95%. Given Vicor’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vicor is more favorable than ICZOOM Group.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICZOOM Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vicor	18.63%	13.77%	12.14%

Risk and Volatility

ICZOOM Group has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vicor has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ICZOOM Group and Vicor”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ICZOOM Group	$187.05 million	0.06	$1.19 million	N/A	N/A
Vicor	$359.06 million	19.61	$6.13 million	$1.83	86.16

Vicor has higher revenue and earnings than ICZOOM Group.

Summary

Vicor beats ICZOOM Group on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ICZOOM Group

ICZOOM Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, sells electronic component products to customers in Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China. The company provides semiconductor products, including various integrated circuit, discretes, passive components, and optoelectronics; and equipment, tools, and other electronic component products comprising various electromechanical, maintenance, repair and operations, and various design tools. Its products are used by small and medium-sized enterprises in the consumer electronic industry, Internet of Things, automotive electronics, and industry control segment. The company sells its products through its online platform. It also offers customs clearance, temporary warehousing, logistic, and shipping services. The company was formerly known as Horizon Business Intelligence Co., Limited and changed its name to ICZOOM Group Inc. in May 2018. ICZOOM Group Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.

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.