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Kopin Corp.

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$KOPN·$706M·Semiconductors·Technology
$3.81+3.3%YTD+54.4%1Y+74.0%
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KOKOPN
$KOPNKopin Corp.
$3.81+3.25%265 posts+46%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $KOPN, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Driven by hypeAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-16

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Kopin is up 152% over twelve months on defense microdisplays, drone contracts, and a Dallas photonics buildout.

Kopin Corporation makes microdisplays, subassemblies, and photonic components for defense, enterprise, and consumer applications, $723M market cap, with Q2 2026 earnings due 2026-08-11.

  • Q1 revenue was $10.55M, essentially flat year-over-year (0.1%) but up 26% sequentially — the top-line has just started reaccelerating after a rough fiscal 2025.
  • Gross margin 46.8% (up from sub-20% trough two years ago) but operating margin negative 56.7% — Kopin is investing far ahead of revenue and depends on fiscal 2027 volumes to bridge to profitability.
  • The stock is up 152% over twelve months and 63% year-to-date, at 52% of the 52-week range but 12% below the 50-day — a pause after the run.
  • On June 29, Kopin secured multiple orders for Sentinel FPV drone prototypes as the Drone Dominance program accelerates — real defense-customer revenue in drone imaging.
  • On June 23, Kopin expanded U.S. operations with a new Optics and Photonics Design Center in Dallas — the domestic-manufacturing footprint expansion procurement rules increasingly require.
  • A July 2 Seeking Alpha transcript discussed AI infrastructure catalysts and expanding defense opportunities — consensus models $57M fiscal 2026 revenue rising to $75M in fiscal 2027 and $94M in fiscal 2028.

The setup is a defense-microdisplay operator with visible drone-program orders, a fresh U.S. buildout, and a still-negative operating margin — the August 11 print is the reality check.

Agrees with X sentimentX posters frame Kopin as building next-generation defense, drones, AI infrastructure, and Neural I/O technology. That maps to the June 29 Sentinel FPV drone orders and the Dallas optics-and-photonics buildout announced June 23. The chart-technical read that the early-October highs at $4.20 were broken and then retested aligns with the current 52%-of-52-week-range position and the pause-after-run pattern.

What to watch: August 11 Q2 earnings — revenue growth versus the near-flat Q1 year-over-year (any reacceleration signals the drone-program ramp is showing), gross-margin trajectory versus the 46.8% base, and cash-runway commentary given ongoing operating losses. Fiscal 2027 book-to-bill and defense-program order-cadence are separate signals.

On the calendar: 2026-08-11 Q2 2026 earnings; drone-program revenue and cash runway drive the print.

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment15 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-17

Kopin is being talked up on a specific July catalyst set: US Army Color MicroLED achieving >150k nits of full-color brightness (exceeding the target), continued SBMC/soldier-vision integration progress, and progress with US bonding equipment for domestic production. The stock stood out with relative strength through a broad semi/microdisplay rebound day (+12-14% posts), and posters call KOPN one of their favorite long-term positions being held in tax-advantaged accounts. Bulls emphasize that KOPN is 'withstanding this selling wave' and 'acting different today in a good way.' Skeptical positioning is limited to one 'gave up the ghost' short-term price-action note and a general 'welcome to the Thunderdome' caveat about high beta names.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Designs high-resolution microdisplays and wearable display systems for defense headsets, AR/VR, and medical applications.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $KOPN.

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — structural AI capex engine unchanged: hyperscaler Blackwell allocation stays tight through 2H26 and HBM3e pricing holds as LLM context-window expansion drives 5-8x per-server memory demand uplift.

What this means for $KOPN

Neutral — Designs high-resolution microdisplays and wearable display systems for defense headsets, AR/VR, and medical applications; end markets and revenue mix have limited overlap with the AI capex and HBM/compute demand cycle.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
534.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-21.5%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-43.3%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-1.5%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
25.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
4.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
34.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 12, 2026$-0.02$-0.01-100.0%
Q1 2026Apr 13, 2026$0.04$-0.02+301.7%
Q3 2025Nov 12, 2025$0.02$-0.01+300.0%
Q2 2025Aug 12, 2025$-0.03$-0.01-125.1%
Next earningsTue, Aug 11·consensus EPS $-0.01

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$10.6M+0.1%46.8%-56.7%$-0.02$-2.1M
Q4 FY25$8.4M-42.9%43.4%-60.0%$0.04$-8.0M
Q3 FY25$12.0M-10.2%29.8%-4.7%$0.02$-217K
Q2 FY25$8.5M-31.5%16.4%-64.6%$-0.03$-4.9M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 4 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$57.1M$55.7M – $58.7M-$0.05-$0.05 – -$0.053
FY27$75.5M$73.6M – $77.5M-$0.01-$0.01 – -$0.014
FY28$94.3M$93.4M – $95.3M$0.09$0.09 – $0.091
FY29$109.1M$106.3M – $112.1M$0.11$0.11 – $0.111
FY30$119.5M$116.5M – $122.8M$0.00$0.00 – $0.001

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.9×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.43%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-20.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+16.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 151.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β3.475-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellMay 6Baker Paul ChristopherCOO58.9K sh$289KSellMay 5Baker Paul ChristopherCOO1.0K sh$5KSellApr 28Baker Paul ChristopherCOO116.9K sh$462KSellApr 17Murray Michael AndrewCEO96.8K sh$291KSellApr 15Murray Michael AndrewCEO63.2K sh$190KSellApr 13Murray Michael AndrewCEO187.9K sh$526KSellMar 26Murray Michael AndrewCEO5.4K sh$12KSellMar 25Murray Michael AndrewCEO33.3K sh$77K
+ 4 other (4 awards) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KPress release / Reg FDJun 188-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Kopin Corporation (KOPN) filed an 8-K on June 15, 2026 under Item 7.01 (Reg FD) to furnish investor-related materials. The body excerpt was truncated before the substantive disclosure content; no further detail on the nature of the Reg FD materials is available from the excerpt.

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 288-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Kopin Corporation's 2026 Annual Meeting on May 21, 2026 approved an amendment and restatement of its 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, increasing available shares and extending the plan term; Board had approved the amendment on April 16, 2026. Equity plan expansion; modestly dilutive.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 43
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for KOPN on 2026-05-04, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Beneficial ownership covers 1999 shares. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

8-KMaterial agreementApr 298-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

KOPN entered into a license agreement (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-04-29). Counterparty: Fabric AI, Inc., pursuant to which Kopin and Fabric AI, Inc. agreed to collabora. Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

+ 15 other (4 13Gs · 2 POS AMs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 routine 8-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Kopin Corporation (KOPN) Discusses AI Infrastructure Catalysts and Expanding Defense Opportunities Transcriptseekingalpha.com·15d agoKopin Secures Multiple Orders for Sentinel FPV™ Prototypes as Drone Dominance Program Acceleratesbusinesswire.com·19d agoKopin Expands U.S. Operations With New Optics & Photonics Design Center in Dallas, Texasgurufocus.com·25d agoKopin Expands U.S. Operations With New Optics & Photonics Design Center in Dallas, Texasbusinesswire.com·25d agoKopin to Showcase New Advanced Soldier Vision Technologies During SOF Week 2026businesswire.com·65d ago

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