Syntec Optics (NASDAQ:OPTX – Get Free Report) and Byrna Technologies (NASDAQ:BYRN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Risk & Volatility
Syntec Optics has a beta of -0.86, meaning that its stock price is 186% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Byrna Technologies has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Syntec Optics and Byrna Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Syntec Optics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Byrna Technologies | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.67 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Syntec Optics and Byrna Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Syntec Optics | $27.53 million | 12.16 | -$1.79 million | ($0.08) | -103.88 |
| Byrna Technologies | $108.86 million | 0.74 | $9.69 million | ($0.18) | -19.67 |
Byrna Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Syntec Optics. Syntec Optics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Byrna Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
25.5% of Byrna Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Syntec Optics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Byrna Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Syntec Optics and Byrna Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Syntec Optics | -10.95% | -30.86% | -12.35% |
| Byrna Technologies | -3.39% | -5.85% | -4.74% |
Summary
Byrna Technologies beats Syntec Optics on 13 of the 15 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 Byrna Technologies
Byrna Technologies Inc., a non-lethal defense technology company, provides non-lethal alternative solutions for law enforcement and private security. The company offers handheld personal security devices and shoulder-fired launchers without the need for background check or firearm license; and projectiles including chemical irritant, kinetic, and inert rounds. It offers self-defense aerosol products under the Byran Bad Guy Repellent brand; and accessories and related safety products, which includes carbon dioxide canisters, sighting systems, and holster under the Byran Banshee and Byran Shield brand, as well as Byrna-branded apparel. In addition, the company provides the products to the consumer market through Byrna e-commerce store and Amazon storefront, and network of local, regional and national outdoor and sporting goods stores, either directly or through distributors; and professional security market through Train the Trainer program and de-escalation methods. It operates in the United States, South Africa, Europe, South America, Asia, and Canada. The company was formerly known as Security Devices International, Inc. and changed its name to Byrna Technologies Inc. in March 2020. Byrna Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.
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