Head to Head Survey: Innovative Eyewear (NASDAQ:LUCY) and Semperit Ag Hld (OTCMKTS:SEIGY)

Innovative Eyewear (NASDAQ:LUCY) and Semperit Ag Hld (OTCMKTS:SEIGY) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.0% of Innovative Eyewear shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Innovative Eyewear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Innovative Eyewear and Semperit Ag Hld”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innovative Eyewear	$1.64 million	3.48	-$7.77 million	($2.78)	-0.62
Semperit Ag Hld	$732.20 million	0.39	$12.44 million	($0.17)	-20.41

Semperit Ag Hld has higher revenue and earnings than Innovative Eyewear. Semperit Ag Hld is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innovative Eyewear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Innovative Eyewear and Semperit Ag Hld, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innovative Eyewear	1	0	0	0	1.00
Semperit Ag Hld	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares Innovative Eyewear and Semperit Ag Hld’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Innovative Eyewear	-390.70%	-79.72%	-74.86%
Semperit Ag Hld	-1.45%	-2.20%	-1.02%

Volatility and Risk

Innovative Eyewear has a beta of 3.17, suggesting that its share price is 217% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Semperit Ag Hld has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

About Innovative Eyewear

Innovative Eyewear, Inc. develops and sells smart eyeglasses and sunglasses. The company's flagship product is Lucyd Lyte glasses that enable the wearer to listen to music, take and make calls, and use voice assistants to perform various smartphone tasks hands-free. It also offers Vyrb, a social media application that enables the user to receive and send posts through Lucyd Lyte smart glasses with voice. In addition, the company launches an application, Lucyd app for iOS/Android users. It sells its products through various e-commerce, and retail store and distribution channels. Innovative Eyewear, Inc. has a license agreement with Lucyd Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in North Miami, Florida. Innovative Eyewear, Inc. is a subsidiary of Lucyd Ltd.

About Semperit Ag Hld

Semperit Aktiengesellschaft Holding develops, produces, and sells rubber products for the medical and industrial sectors worldwide. It operates through two segments: Semperit Industrial Applications and Semperit Engineered Applications. The company provides hydraulic and industrial hoses; conveyor belts; escalator handrails; profiles for windows, doors and facades, cable car rings, and ski foils; and products for railroad superstructures and toolmaking; and precision liquid silicone parts. It offers handrails; engineered solutions; and provides elastomer and sealing profiles for windows, doors, and facades; and elastomer and wear-resistant protective sheeting. It serves agriculture, bulk transportation systems, construction, manufacturing, health care, mining and port facilities, shipping, packing, household, renewable energy and power generation, process, steel, and automotive industries. Semperit Aktiengesellschaft Holding was founded in 1824 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.