Syntec Optics (NASDAQ:OPTX – Get Free Report) and MultiSensor AI (NASDAQ:MSAI – Get Free Report) 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
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.
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