Deswell Industries, Inc. (DSWL) vs Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. (OPTX)

Deswell Industries, Inc. and Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. are both Electronic Components companies. Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $151.7M against $47.0M — 3.2× the size. Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Deswell Industries, Inc. trades at 5.1×. Deswell Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 21.7% against 1.48%. Deswell Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.01% vs −8.26%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −4.15%). Across the 18 metrics below, Deswell Industries, Inc. leads on 15 and Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric DSWL OPTX Electronic Components median
P/E 5.07 n/m 24.82
P/S 0.30 5.13 2.28
P/B 0.44 4.93 2.86
Price to free cash flow 6.08 n/m 22.99
EV/EBITDA n/m 144.88 14.69
EV/Sales (0.20) 4.79 2.38
Earnings yield 19.73% (1.66%) 2.68%
Free cash flow yield 16.46% (0.27%) 1.70%

Profitability

Metric DSWL OPTX Electronic Components median
Gross margin 17.23% 19.58% 32.78%
Operating margin 0.00% (4.63%) 4.90%
Net margin 6.01% (8.26%) 3.46%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (1.40%) 1.66%
Return on equity 0.00% (11.64%) 5.59%
Return on assets 0.00% (7.53%) 4.13%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (4.15%) 4.66%

Growth

Metric DSWL OPTX Electronic Components median
Revenue growth (TTM) 21.66% 1.48% 13.94%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (4.29%) 28.57% 35.44%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.12%) — 6.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 5.24% 0.00% 7.53%

Health

Metric DSWL OPTX Electronic Components median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.13 0.11
Current ratio 5.28 5.97 2.50
Net debt to EBITDA (23.76) 1.75 0.41

Dividend

Metric DSWL OPTX Electronic Components median
Dividend yield 6.69% — 1.10%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric DSWL OPTX Electronic Components median
Market cap 47.02m 151.66m 1.16b

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