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Kopin Corp. KOPN
$4.87 -0.81% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $909.8M
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 11, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 15.5% in a year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +84.5%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 68.7 percentage points.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 47 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
Growth26Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 12%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 8%
Quality11Very weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 9%
- Gross marginBottom 38%
- Operating marginBottom 15%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 1%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 11%
Value22Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 48%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 21%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 35%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 11%
Momentum85Strong
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 18%
- 6-month returnTop 14%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 16%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 44%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 19%
Revisions84Strong
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 40%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 28%
Stability22Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 11%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 19%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 11%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -22.6% | -7.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 41.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -30.6% | -34.6% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -37.0% | -42.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -7.1% | -22.6% | ↑ | Bottom 8% |
| Gross margin | 41.9% | 28.4% | ↑ | Bottom 38% |
| Operating margin | -34.6% | -30.6% | ↓ | Bottom 15% |
| Net margin | 18.1% | -29.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -42.2% | -37.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -21.4% | — | Bottom 9% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -6.7% | — | Bottom 12% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- -1.66×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 19.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3371.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -3.46×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -4.20%
- Shareholder yield
- -4.20%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +15.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +20.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +5.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $7.40
- Target vs current price
- +52.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 71%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | +135.2% | +23.5% | +26.4% | +8.3% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | -100.0% | +7.6% | -0.6% | -0.8% | -17.9% |
| Apr 13, 2026 | +301.7% | +5.3% | +12.0% | +103.4% | +48.1% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | +300.0% | -0.4% | -13.6% | -5.0% | -15.7% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | -125.1% | +6.4% | +3.7% | +21.9% | +61.0% |
| May 13, 2025 | -100.0% | -5.2% | -11.0% | +4.5% | +21.9% |
| Apr 17, 2025 | +50.0% | +7.4% | +41.2% | +80.4% | +99.4% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -25.0% | -3.1% | +10.3% | +50.6% | +137.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | $0.00 | -$0.01 | +135.2% | $12.7M |
| May 12, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.01 | -100.0% | $10.6M |
| Apr 13, 2026 | $0.04 | -$0.02 | +301.7% | $8.4M |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.02 | -$0.01 | +300.0% | $12.0M |
| Aug 12, 2025 | -$0.03 | -$0.01 | -125.1% | $8.5M |
| May 13, 2025 | -$0.02 | -$0.01 | -100.0% | $10.5M |
| Apr 17, 2025 | -$0.01 | -$0.02 | +50.0% | $14.6M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -$0.03 | -$0.02 | -25.0% | $13.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 110.4× | — | — | Bottom 48% |
| EV / EBITDA | 129.3× | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| EV / Sales | 20.32× | — | — | Bottom 11% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -2.02% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Earnings yield | 0.91% | — | — | Bottom 48% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 39
- Days above the 200-day average
- 47
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +7.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +32.7%
- RSI (14)
- 55.8
- Relative volume
- 0.78×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 96.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 69th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.89
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -23.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -78.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2021 | Sep 24, 2024 | -95.6% | 907 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -18.5% | 15 days | 3 days (Nov 4, 2020) |
| Dec 23, 2020 | Jan 4, 2021 | -16.7% | 6 days | 3 days (Jan 7, 2021) |
| Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 14, 2020 | -15.5% | 10 days | 5 days (Dec 21, 2020) |
| Nov 4, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 | -10.8% | 6 days | 8 days (Nov 24, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $909.8M
- P/E (TTM)
- 110.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.04
- Revenue (TTM)
- $43.6M
- 52-week range
- $1.81 – $6.61
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $45.7M | $47.4M | $40.4M | $50.3M | $38.5M |
| Gross profit | $10.6M | $4.6M | $15.4M | $10.4M | $10.6M |
| Operating income | -$13.8M | -$21.8M | -$17.2M | -$43.1M | -$15.0M |
| Net income | -$13.4M | -$19.3M | -$19.7M | -$43.9M | $2.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.15 | -$0.21 | -$0.18 | -$0.33 | $0.01 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13.3M | $14.6M | $10.5M | $8.5M | $12.0M | $8.4M | $10.6M | $12.7M |
| Net income | -$3.5M | -$1.9M | -$3.1M | -$5.2M | $4.1M | $6.7M | -$3.8M | $830,872 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.03 | -$0.01 | -$0.02 | -$0.03 | $0.02 | $0.04 | -$0.02 | $0.00 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$10.7M | -$17.7M | -$15.3M | -$14.2M | -$15.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.0M | -$832,712 | -$949,487 | -$815,299 | -$1.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$11.8M | -$18.5M | -$16.2M | -$15.0M | -$17.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $20.4M | $2.7M | $21.3M | $33.5M | $45.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $24.9M
- Total assets
- $106.3M
- Total liabilities
- $37.0M
- Total debt
- $1.2M
- Net debt
- -$23.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $69.2M
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 26,232,459
- Days to cover
- 8.53
- Change vs previous report
- -1.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 13, 2000
- 2-for-1
- Dec 30, 1999
- 2-for-1