Financial Comparison: MultiSensor AI (NASDAQ:MSAI) and Syntec Optics (NASDAQ:OPTX)

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

Analyst Ratings

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

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

MultiSensor AI currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 306.09%. Given MultiSensor AI’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MultiSensor AI is more favorable than Syntec Optics.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

82.3% of MultiSensor AI shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of MultiSensor AI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 78.0% of Syntec Optics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MultiSensor AI	$5.43 million	4.99	-$22.27 million	N/A	N/A
Syntec Optics	$29.44 million	4.19	$1.98 million	N/A	N/A

Syntec Optics has higher revenue and earnings than MultiSensor AI.

Risk and Volatility

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

Profitability

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

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

Summary

Syntec Optics beats MultiSensor AI on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.