KOPNKopin Corporation
Is the business good?
Margins widening. That is the only one of 4 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.
Operating margin has widened over the past few years, the business is getting more profitable per dollar of sales.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is KOPN?
Kopin Corporation earns −18% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 27 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- −23%
Operating margin · Electronic Components median 7.9% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- +15%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
- R&D as % of revenue
- 11%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −12% |
| FY2021 | −30% |
| FY2022 | −46% |
| FY2023 | −43% |
| FY2024 | −86% |
| FY2025 | −25% |
Details›
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −23%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 18%
- Free cash flow margin
- −52%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 11%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $44M
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- −$23M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $8.0M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- −18%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Customers and suppliers
Who buys from KOPN and who it buys from, as the companies report it.
- DRS Network and Imaging Systems62%
Share of revenue · FY2025 10-K
- U.S. government12%
Share of revenue · FY2025 10-K
- Collins Aerospace9.0%
Share of revenue · FY2025 10-K
None disclosed.
A company has to disclose every customer behind 10% or more of its revenue. Each share comes from the latest annual report of the company that states it and shows on both companies’ pages; KOPN’s own figures are from its FY2025 10-K. Smaller customers and suppliers go unreported.
Electronic Components
Ranks #25 of 25 by RyuScore