OPTXSyntec Optics Holdings (OPTX) shows potential for growth due to its focus on defense and space applications, but faces challenges with profitability and market valuation. Technical indicators present a mixed picture.
Syntec Optics is strategically positioned in growing markets such as defense, space, and biomedical sectors. Recent orders for rocket propulsion components and satellite optics indicate strong thematic tailwinds.
Syntec Optics Holdings exhibits revenue growth and improved profitability in 2023, but its valuation metrics are high, and its free cash flow yield is negative, indicating potential financial strain or significant reinvestment.
Technical indicators for OPTX show a mixed sentiment. While some moving averages suggest a bullish trend, oscillators like RSI indicate overbought conditions, pointing to potential short-term volatility.
| Factor | Score |
|---|---|
| Defense and Space Market Exposure | 90 |
| Biomedical and Communications Sectors | 70 |
| Innovation and Manufacturing Capabilities | 75 |
| Market Trends | 80 |
| Competitive Landscape | 60 |
| Factor | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 40 |
| Profitability | 70 |
| Growth | 65 |
| Balance Sheet Health | 50 |
| Cash Flow | 30 |
| Factor | Score |
|---|---|
| Trend Analysis | 60 |
| Momentum | 40 |
| Volume Confirmation | 50 |
| Support & Resistance | 50 |
Positive Revenue to Profit Conversion
The company has demonstrated a positive revenue to profit conversion, with Total Revenue of $29,441,180 leading to a Net Income of $1,976,433 in 2023. The Gross Profit was $7,920,991, indicating effective cost management in production.
Improving Net Margin
The net margin for 2023 was 6.7%, an improvement from -1.6% in 2022, suggesting enhanced profitability. The company's revenue for 2023 was $29,441,180.
Negative Trailing P/E Ratio
The trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio is negative (-5466.4) on a TTM basis, which can indicate a lack of profitability over the last twelve months, despite positive annual net income in some periods.
Inconsistent Quarterly Profitability
The company experienced a net loss in Q3 2024 (-$13,289) and Q1 2024 (-$1,209,143), indicating volatility in earnings and potential challenges in maintaining consistent profitability.
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Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. manufactures and supplies integrated optics and photonics components for biomedical, defense and security, consumer, industrial, and communication. 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; and 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.