KOPN - Kopin Corp Stock Price, Fair Value and News

1.26USD-0.02 (-1.56%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD1.26-0.02

Market Closed

-1.56%

KOPN Stock Price

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KOPN Valuation

Market Cap

149.2M

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

-7.57

Price/Sales (Trailing)

3.69

EV/EBITDA

-7.56

Price/Free Cashflow

-9.18

KOPN Price/Sales (Trailing)

KOPN Profitability

EBT Margin

-48.50%

Return on Equity

-66.76%

Return on Assets

-39.95%

Free Cashflow Yield

-10.89%

KOPN Fundamentals

KOPN Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

40.4M

KOPN Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

-19.7M

Breaking Down KOPN Revenue

Last 7 days

-20.2%

Last 30 days

-33.7%

Last 90 days

-37.3%

Trailing 12 Months

26%

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KOPN Financial Health

Current Ratio

2.51

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	46.6M	45.1M	44.0M	40.4M
2022	45.6M	47.6M	48.4M	47.4M
2021	43.9M	45.0M	46.4M	45.7M
2020	31.9M	31.6M	34.9M	40.1M
2019	24.4M	27.5M	28.5M	29.5M
2018	29.1M	29.1M	28.1M	24.5M
2017	20.9M	22.5M	22.8M	27.8M
2016	29.6M	23.1M	20.9M	22.6M
2015	39.6M	39.6M	38.1M	32.1M
2014	35.7M	39.6M	39.6M	39.6M
2013	28.5M	28.4M	29.7M	31.8M
2012	58.2M	49.7M	43.9M	34.6M
2011	59.8M	61.4M	63.0M	64.7M
2010	0	95.8M	77.0M	58.1M
2009	0	0	0	114.7M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Kopin Corp

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Mar 28, 2024	sneider richard	back to issuer	-17,488	1.8	-9,716	chief financial officer
Mar 27, 2024	baker paul christopher	back to issuer	-100,054	1.85	-54,083	strategic business officer
Mar 14, 2024	sneider richard	back to issuer	-	-	-3,980	chief financial officer
Mar 14, 2024	murray michael andrew	back to issuer	-	-	-5,155	ceo
Mar 14, 2024	baker paul christopher	back to issuer	-	-	-3,587	strategic business officer
Mar 05, 2024	baker paul christopher	acquired	-	-	40,800	strategic business officer
Mar 05, 2024	sneider richard	acquired	-	-	45,300	chief financial officer
Dec 08, 2023	baker paul christopher	acquired	-	-	10,000	strategic business officer
Nov 02, 2023	nieuwsma david j	acquired	-	-	64,500	-
May 25, 2023	avery jill janice	acquired	-	-	10,000	-

Which funds bought or sold KOPN recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 15, 2024	Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC	new	-	148,921	148,921	0.01%
Apr 15, 2024	Legato Capital Management LLC	reduced	-8.75	-205,493	871,256	0.10%
Apr 15, 2024	JANICZEK WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	unchanged	-	-6.00	51.00	-%
Apr 12, 2024	Game Plan Financial Advisors, LLC	unchanged	-	-1,380	10,800	-%
Apr 12, 2024	Murphy Pohlad Asset Management LLC	unchanged	-	-13,708	107,280	0.04%
Apr 11, 2024	O'Connor Financial Group LLC	new	-	36,454	36,454	0.02%
Apr 11, 2024	Silverberg Bernstein Capital Management LLC	reduced	-2.19	-172,148	1,124,830	1.10%
Apr 05, 2024	Davis Capital Management	new	-	415	415	-%
Apr 04, 2024	Northside Capital Management, LLC	new	-	36,000	36,000	0.01%
Apr 03, 2024	Versant Capital Management, Inc	sold off	-100	-406	-	-%

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Unveiling Kopin Corp's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 14, 2024	awm investment company, inc.	9.99%	8,549,346	SC 13G
Jan 31, 2023	state street corp	0.27%	254,653	SC 13G/A
Jul 08, 2022	blackrock inc.	1.4%	1,296,235	SC 13G
Feb 11, 2022	state street corp	8.20%	7,560,334	SC 13G
Feb 04, 2022	blackrock inc.	5.3%	4,882,516	SC 13G
Jan 28, 2022	goertek inc.	4.1%	3,789,000	SC 13G/A
Mar 10, 2021	awm investment company, inc.	2.8%	2,411,605	SC 13G/A
Feb 12, 2021	awm investment company, inc.	6.5%	5,529,147	SC 13G/A
Aug 13, 2020	fan john c c	6.6%	4,520,129	SC 13D/A
Feb 12, 2020	awm investment company, inc.	8.6%	7,282,997	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of Kopin Corp

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 16, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Apr 16, 2024	PRE 14A	PRE 14A
Apr 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 28, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
Mar 28, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
Mar 25, 2024	DEL AM	DEL AM
Mar 19, 2024	S-3	S-3
Mar 15, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 15, 2024	4	Insider Trading

Peers (Alternatives to Kopin Corp)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
AAPL	2.6T	385.7B	-5.13%	-0.35%	25.56	6.69	-0.47%	6.03%
APH	66.5B	12.6B	-0.06%	43.37%	34.5	5.3	-0.54%	1.35%
FTV	28.2B	6.1B	-6.03%	20.56%	32.55	4.65	4.11%	14.65%
GLW	26.4B	12.6B	-5.07%	-9.12%	43.99	2.1	-11.28%	-55.18%
FLEX	11.6B	29.4B	2.22%	30.54%	15.44	0.4	-1.12%	-8.06%
MID-CAP
CGNX	6.6B	837.5M	-6.07%	-20.56%	58.64	7.93	-16.75%	-47.46%
ARW	6.6B	33.1B	3.30%	7.21%	7.26	0.2	-10.82%	-36.63%
BMI	5.2B	703.6M	14.57%	48.20%	56.61	7.45	24.40%	39.25%
AVT	4.2B	25.6B	0.19%	11.61%	6.28	0.16	-2.73%	-21.96%
ESE	2.5B	968.8M	-1.69%	2.68%	27.39	2.63	9.35%	8.73%
SMALL-CAP
CNXN	1.6B	2.9B	-3.73%	46.37%	19.66	0.57	-8.78%	-6.67%
BHE	1.1B	2.8B	2.22%	35.53%	16.61	0.38	-1.64%	-5.74%
GPRO	268.4M	1.0B	-18.22%	-61.71%	-5.05	0.27	-8.05%	-284.36%
CPSH	26.0M	26.9M	-0.56%	-32.71%	18.97	0.94	3.62%	-35.71%
AEY	3.3M	56.7M	-85.71%	-99.91%	0	3e-4	-41.04%	-726.48%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

Income Statement (Quarterly)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	-19.1%	8,577,501	10,598,497	10,459,856	10,758,000	12,184,568	11,729,379	11,909,032	11,578,000	13,197,320	10,887,173	9,905,256	11,676,369	13,921,666	9,512,752	8,814,646	7,878,605	8,727,000	6,139,332	9,110,133	5,542,925	7,741,000
Costs and Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,620,467	9,910,097	11,419,687	12,282,608	12,540,880	13,948,387	17,126,596	18,623,866
Operating Expenses	15.3%	15,365,305	13,326,486	15,295,442	13,584,448	18,407,594	15,748,676	17,379,093	17,656,040	16,816,800	12,932,902	13,825,775	15,865,677	12,940,837	10,620,467	9,910,097	11,419,687	-	-	-	-	-
S&GA Expenses	23.6%	5,929,309	4,798,598	6,466,120	4,648,130	4,852,964	4,320,117	4,327,468	4,464,548	4,117,837	4,035,998	4,040,979	5,905,706	2,401,679	3,079,567	2,909,366	3,432,092	4,527,966	5,130,019	5,375,671	6,282,803	6,199,799
R&D Expenses	-259.7%	-4,934,345	3,089,935	3,132,259	2,312,217	-5,607,495	3,441,405	5,145,375	5,408,613	-4,743,134	3,751,729	3,740,253	3,563,300	-3,352,529	2,715,868	2,221,154	2,339,748	-1,553,522	2,389,573	3,330,202	4,966,716	-1,023,838
EBITDA Margin	-10.5%	-0.47	-0.43	-0.50	-0.42	-0.39	-0.32	-0.24	-0.21	-0.28	-0.17	-0.15	-0.10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Income Taxes	0%	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000	36,000	36,000	36,000	36,000	32,000	32,000	32,000	33,000	29,000	29,000	42,000	29,000	30,000	26,000	26,000	26,000	145,000
Earnings Before Taxes	-167.5%	-6,449,972	-2,411,313	-8,141,379	-2,589,555	-6,121,238	-6,113,174	-5,611,189	-1,336,664	-3,273,082	-2,096,683	-3,816,883	-4,152,723	1,267,018	-939,769	-1,101,183	-3,627,991	-7,281,924	-6,479,364	-4,211,024	-11,293,910	-9,810,736
EBT Margin	-10.8%	-0.49	-0.44	-0.51	-0.44	-0.40	-0.34	-0.26	-0.23	-0.29	-0.19	-0.17	-0.11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	-162.9%	-6,440,753	-2,450,313	-8,180,379	-2,628,555	-6,157,030	-6,149,174	-5,647,189	-1,372,664	-3,289,227	-2,128,790	-3,848,883	-4,185,723	1,263,000	-957,440	-1,143,183	-3,656,991	-7,290,000	-6,625,000	-4,260,000	-11,331,000	-9,966,000
Net Income Margin	-10.7%	-0.49	-0.44	-0.51	-0.44	-0.41	-0.34	-0.26	-0.23	-0.29	-0.19	-0.17	-0.11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	8.7%	-3,468,995	-3,799,609	-3,951,535	-4,391,169	-2,287,830	-4,202,826	-9,235,025	-2,807,031	-1,861,639	-3,645,467	-5,682,449	-591,730	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	-9.7%	49.00	55.00	55.00	60.00	44.00	49.00	56.00	60.00	63.00	59.00	58.00	60.00	48.00	38.00	38.00	38.00	43.00	51.00	58.00	61.00	60.00
Current Assets	-12.2%	40.00	45.00	46.00	47.00	31.00	37.00	40.00	45.00	52.00	51.00	50.00	52.00	39.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	34.00	37.00	42.00	48.00	49.00
Cash Equivalents	-40.5%	6.00	10.00	10.00	9.00	8.00	10.00	14.00	22.00	27.00	28.00	27.00	32.00	17.00	11.00	9.00	8.00	6.00	9.00	12.00	17.00	14.00
Inventory	-16.2%	8.00	9.00	8.00	7.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	4.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	5.00
Net PPE	20.5%	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00
Goodwill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	0.00
Liabilities	-2.1%	20.00	20.00	19.00	17.00	20.00	19.00	20.00	22.00	23.00	-	-	-	19.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Current Liabilities	-1.1%	16.00	16.00	15.00	12.00	14.00	15.00	15.00	17.00	18.00	14.00	16.00	16.00	17.00	12.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	12.00	13.00	13.00	10.00
Shareholder's Equity	-14.1%	30.00	34.00	36.00	43.00	24.00	30.00	35.00	39.00	40.00	43.00	40.00	42.00	28.00	23.00	24.00	25.00	29.00	36.00	42.00	45.00	48.00
Retained Earnings	-1.8%	-358	-351	-349	-341	-338	-332	-326	-320	-319	-315	-313	-309	-305	-306	-305	-304	-301	-293	-288	-284	-271
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.4%	385	384	383	382	361	361	360	358	357	356	351	350	342	345	345	345	344	344	345	344	334
Shares Outstanding	1.7%	112	110	110	110	93.00	94.00	90.00	90.00	89.00	91.00	88.00	87.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minority Interest	-	-	-	-	-	-0.17	-0.17	-0.17	-0.17	-0.17	-0.18	-0.18	-0.18	-0.14	-0.11	-0.10	-0.08	-0.02	0.00	-0.11	-0.14	-0.15
Float	-	-	-	225	-	-	-	123	-	-	-	662	-	-	-	97.00	-	-	-	73.00	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	7.7%	-3,508	-3,799	-3,817	-4,174	-2,084	-4,165	-9,154	-2,282	-1,693	-3,453	-5,355	-245	1,859	483	-2,890	-3,868	-4,211	-5,436	-3,531	-7,846	-7,921
Share Based Compensation	59.8%	1,531	958	1,191	194	-102	298	417	656	651	642	515	2,610	182	319	162	158	251	452	538	816	912
Cashflow From Investing	-111.2%	-423	3,795	5,331	-16,840	807	-517	-1,076	-2,524	728	-220	-308	-146	920	1,521	3,161	6,197	1,508	2,166	-1,595	2,664	3,776
Cashflow From Financing	-	-	-	-	21,335	-103	832	2,027	-95.61	-569	4,691	840	15,487	-	-	-	-	-38.39	-90.00	679	7,443	-895
Buy Backs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.00	-

KOPN Income Statement

2023-12-30

Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 25, 2021
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 40,394,177	$ 47,401,190	$ 45,666,117
Expenses:
Cost of product revenues	24,952,431	32,558,748	25,052,383
Research and development-funded programs	7,177,027	10,279,660	9,976,103
Research and development-internal	3,600,066	8,387,898	6,312,148
Selling, general and administrative	21,842,157	17,965,097	18,100,519
Total operating expenses	57,571,681	69,191,403	59,441,153
Loss from operations	(17,177,504)	(21,790,213)	(13,775,036)
Non-operating (expense) income, net:
Interest income	829,602	76,877	31,142
Other income, net	245,234	154,357	265,509
Foreign currency transaction (losses) gains	(162,204)	(323,286)	139,014
(Loss) gain on remeasurement of investments	(3,327,347)	2,700,000
Total non-operating (expense) income	(2,414,715)	2,607,948	435,665
Loss before provision for income taxes and net loss of noncontrolling interest	(19,592,219)	(19,182,265)	(13,339,371)
Tax provision	(156,000)	(144,000)	(129,000)
Net loss	(19,748,219)	(19,326,265)	(13,468,371)
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest		348	35,498
Net loss attributable to Kopin Corporation	$ (19,748,219)	$ (19,325,917)	$ (13,432,873)
Net loss per share:
Basic	$ (0.18)	$ (0.21)	$ (0.15)
Diluted	$ (0.18)	$ (0.21)	$ (0.15)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	108,976,245	91,429,106	88,831,532
Diluted	108,976,245	91,429,106	88,831,532
Net Product Revenues [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 25,937,170	$ 32,420,397	$ 29,882,271
Research and Development Revenues [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	13,454,866	14,357,222	14,668,471
License And Other Revenues [Member]
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 1,002,141	$ 623,571	$ 1,115,375

KOPN Balance Sheet

2023-12-30

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 5,710,685	$ 8,258,878
Restricted cash	500,000
Marketable debt securities, at fair value	11,692,000	4,388,778
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,025,000 and $303,000 in 2023 and 2022, respectively	9,706,036	6,537,891
Contract assets and unbilled receivables	3,409,809	4,068,364
Inventory	7,601,806	6,426,400
Prepaid taxes	85,572	105,495
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	1,124,635	1,074,867
Total current assets	39,830,543	30,860,673
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,163,417	1,831,641
Operating lease right-of-use assets	2,504,909	3,168,520
Other assets	124,925	170,132
Equity investments	4,688,522	7,721,206
Total assets	49,312,316	43,752,172
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	7,076,759	5,438,980
Accrued payroll and expenses	1,701,506	2,879,139
Accrued warranty	2,160,000	1,966,000
Contract liabilities and billings in excess of revenues earned	916,826	930,500
Operating lease liabilities	651,503	786,928
Accrued post-retirement benefits	790,000	790,000
Other accrued liabilities	1,702,681	1,182,346
Customer deposits	408,156
Deferred tax liabilities	470,884	482,739
Total current liabilities	15,878,315	14,456,632
Noncurrent contract liabilities and asset retirement obligations	278,112	248,284
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion	1,832,982	2,576,883
Accrued post-retirement benefits, net of current portion	319,996	1,110,000
Other long-term liabilities, net of current portion	1,494,016	1,369,758
Total liabilities	19,803,421	19,761,557
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, par value $.01 per share: authorized, 3,000 shares; none issued
Common stock, par value $.01 per share: authorized, 150,000,000 shares; issued 114,253,818 shares in 2023 and 94,920,060 shares in 2022; outstanding 112,251,416 in 2023 and 92,883,524 in 2022, respectively	1,123,220	929,540
Additional paid-in capital	385,411,542	360,567,631
Treasury stock (70,635 shares in 2023 and 2022, at cost)	(103,127)	(103,127)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	1,232,294	1,176,068
Accumulated deficit	(358,155,034)	(338,406,815)
Total Kopin Corporation stockholders’ equity	29,508,895	24,163,297
Noncontrolling interest		(172,682)
Total stockholders’ equity	29,508,895	23,990,615
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 49,312,316	$ 43,752,172

About Kopin Corp

Kopin Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, invents, develops, manufactures, and sells microdisplays, subassemblies, and related components for defense, enterprise, industrial, and consumer products in the United States, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and internationally. It offers miniature active-matrix liquid crystal displays, liquid crystal on silicon displays/spatial light modulators, organic light emitting diode displays, microLED display technologies, application specific integrated circuits, backlights, and optical lenses; and head-mounted and hand-held systems. The company's products are used in soldier, avionic, armored vehicle and training, and simulation defense applications; industrial, public safety, and medical headsets; 3D optical inspection systems; and consumer augmented reality and virtual reality wearable headsets systems. Kopin Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts.

CEO	Mr. Michael Murray
WEBSITE	kopin.com
INDUSTRY	Consumer Electronics
EMPLOYEES	177

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KOPN is the stock ticker symbol of Kopin Corp. Every public company that trades on a stock exchange gets a ticker symbol.

What is the market capital of Kopin Corp (KOPN)?

As of Thu Apr 18 2024, market cap of Kopin Corp is 149.22 Million. The market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the stock price with the number of shares outstanding.

What is the fair value of KOPN stock?

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What is the fair value of KOPN stock?

You can check KOPN's fair value in chart for subscribers. The fair value of Kopin Corp is provided for various growth and macro-economic scenarios from very pessimiatic to very optimistic assumptions. These fair values are estimates from Grufity's Fair Value model based on company's past performance. However, past performance of Kopin Corp is no guarantee of future performance. These fairvalue estimates should only be used as one of the inputs in your stock analysis. We provide model's historical fair value estimates for KOPN so that you know how good or bad the model has been in the past so you can discard it if needed. There are others that provide fair values of stocks such as wallmine, finbox, gurufocus and finviz. Most provide point in time estimates. We provide a history of our models fair value estimates so that you can get a sense of it's usefulness. Otherwise this data point is of little use.

Is Kopin Corp a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether KOPN is over valued or under valued. Whether Kopin Corp is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact Kopin Corp's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for KOPN.

What is Kopin Corp's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Thu Apr 18 2024, KOPN's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is -7.57 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 3.69. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. KOPN PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Kopin Corp's stock?

In the past 10 years, Kopin Corp has provided -0.099 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.