MultiSensor AI (NASDAQ:MSAI) vs. Syntec Optics (NASDAQ:OPTX) Head to Head Review

Syntec Optics (NASDAQ:OPTX) and MultiSensor AI (NASDAQ:MSAI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Syntec Optics and MultiSensor AI’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Syntec Optics	$29.44 million	3.80	$1.98 million	N/A	N/A
MultiSensor AI	$6.73 million	3.38	-$22.27 million	N/A	N/A

Syntec Optics has higher revenue and earnings than MultiSensor AI.

Profitability

This table compares Syntec Optics and MultiSensor AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Syntec Optics	N/A	12.52%	3.53%
MultiSensor AI	N/A	N/A	-133.41%

Risk and Volatility

Syntec Optics has a beta of -0.49, suggesting that its share price is 149% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MultiSensor AI has a beta of -0.51, suggesting that its share price is 151% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

82.3% of MultiSensor AI shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.0% of Syntec Optics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of MultiSensor AI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Syntec Optics and MultiSensor AI, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Syntec Optics	0	0	0	0	N/A
MultiSensor AI	0	0	1	0	3.00

MultiSensor AI has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 387.80%. Given MultiSensor AI’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MultiSensor AI is more favorable than Syntec Optics.

Summary

Syntec Optics beats MultiSensor AI on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Syntec Optics

Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. manufactures and supplies integrated optics for biomedical, defense and military, consumer, and other applications. It offers camera modules; tool design, design for manufacturing, optical and opto-mechanical design, and moldflow analysis; SPDT optics, such as freedom optics, microlens arrays, spheres and aspheres, diffractives, SPDT materials, and optical tooling; replicative molding, that includes polymer and glass molding, and molded production materials; thin film coating and coating curve materials; and precision machining and precision machining materials. The company also provides clean room assembly, such as opto mechanical, opto electronic, and integrated photonics; infrared optics, microlens arrays, software development, and optical metrology, and catalog optics services. In addition, it offers driverless cars, integrated photonics, robotics, sensors, VR and AR, machine vision, facial imagining, heads up display, finger print scanners, and laser scanners technology for consumers; night vision goggles, missile laser guides, biometrics, infrared and thermal imaging, ordnance optics, head mounted displays, 2D and 3D scanners, humvee lighting , laser targeting, protective domes and windows, and lidar technologies for defense and miliary; and medical diagnostic, microfluidics, surgical components and systems, and medical sensing technology for medical sectors. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Rochester, New York.

About MultiSensor AI

MultiSensor AI Holdings, Inc. manufactures and distributes multi-sensor systems for thermographic and other use in various industrial applications in the United States and internationally. The company offers sensor devices ranging from small to large handheld designs with built-in displays and controls, fixed-mounted pan-tilt-zoom single- and multi-sensor camera standalone systems, and mobile multi-sensor payload and gimbal systems for unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned ground vehicles. It also provides on-prem and cloud-based software and services, including training, calibration, and repairs for its customers operating in the distribution and logistics, manufacturing, utility, and oil and gas sectors. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Beaumont, Texas.