Head-To-Head Survey: Neonode (NASDAQ:NEON) and Syntec Optics (NASDAQ:OPTX)
by Kim Johansen · The Markets DailySyntec Optics (NASDAQ:OPTX – Get Free Report) and Neonode (NASDAQ:NEON – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Syntec Optics and Neonode’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Syntec Optics | -8.26% | -16.50% | -8.68% |
| Neonode | 397.84% | -32.35% | -28.42% |
Volatility & Risk
Syntec Optics has a beta of -0.76, meaning that its share price is 176% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neonode has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Syntec Optics and Neonode”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Syntec Optics | $29.24 million | 9.22 | -$1.79 million | ($0.06) | -111.50 |
| Neonode | $2.16 million | 5.85 | $8.49 million | ($0.33) | -2.28 |
Neonode has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Syntec Optics. Syntec Optics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Neonode, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
11.6% of Neonode shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Syntec Optics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Neonode shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Syntec Optics and Neonode, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Syntec Optics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Neonode | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Summary
Neonode beats Syntec Optics on 6 of the 11 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 Neonode
Neonode Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops optical sensing solutions for contactless touch, touch, and gesture sensing in the United States, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Switzerland, France, Sweden, China, and internationally. It also offers software solutions for machine perception to detect and track persons and objects in video streams from cameras and other types of imagers. In addition, the company sells touch sensor modules to OEMs, original design manufacturers, and systems integrators. Further, it licenses its zForce technology to original equipment manufacturers and automotive Tier 1 suppliers, as well as provides non-recurring engineering services related to application development. It serves office equipment, automotive, industrial automation, medical, military, and avionics markets. Neonode Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.