Financial Analysis: Tamino Minerals (OTCMKTS:TINO) vs. Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS)

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) and Tamino Minerals (OTCMKTS:TINO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Synopsys and Tamino Minerals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Synopsys	0	1	12	0	2.92
Tamino Minerals	0	0	0	0	0.00

Synopsys presently has a consensus price target of $613.43, indicating a potential upside of 18.95%. Given Synopsys’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Synopsys is more favorable than Tamino Minerals.

Risk and Volatility

Synopsys has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tamino Minerals has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

85.5% of Synopsys shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Synopsys shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Tamino Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Synopsys and Tamino Minerals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Synopsys	36.12%	20.48%	13.51%
Tamino Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Synopsys and Tamino Minerals”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Synopsys	$6.07 billion	13.13	$2.26 billion	$13.52	38.14
Tamino Minerals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Synopsys has higher revenue and earnings than Tamino Minerals.

Summary

Synopsys beats Tamino Minerals on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. provides electronic design automation software products used to design and test integrated circuits. It operates in three segments: Design Automation, Design IP, and Software Integrity. The company offers Digital and Custom IC Design solution that provides digital design implementation solutions; Verification solution that offers virtual prototyping, static and formal verification, simulation, emulation, field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based prototyping, and debug solutions; and FPGA design products that are programmed to perform specific functions. It also provides intellectual property (IP) solutions for USB, PCI Express, DDR, Ethernet, MIPI, HDMI, and Bluetooth low energy applications; logic libraries and embedded memories; processor cores, software, and application-specific instruction-set processor tools for embedded applications; security IP solutions; IP solutions for automotive market; and system-on-chip (SoC) infrastructure IP, datapath and building block IP, and verification IP products, as well as mathematical and floating-point components, and Arm AMBA interconnect fabric and peripherals. In addition, the company offers HAPS FPGA-based prototyping systems; virtual prototyping solutions; and Platform Architect solutions for SoC architecture analysis and optimization, as well as optical products, and mechatronic simulations. Further, it provides security and quality testing products, managed services, programs and professional services, and training that enable its customers to detect and remediate security vulnerabilities, and defects in the software development lifecycle, as well as manufacturing solutions. Additionally, the company provides intelligent orchestration solution, software risk manager, and black duck software composition analysis tools. It serves electronics, financial services, automotive, medicine, energy, and industrial areas. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

About Tamino Minerals

Tamino Minerals, Inc. operates as a mineral exploration and development company. The company explores for gold, copper, lead, silver, lithium, and zinc deposits. It holds a portfolio of properties located in Mexico. The company was formerly known as Entertainment Games, Inc. and changed its name to Tamino Minerals, Inc. in March 2013. Tamino Minerals, Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is based in Hermosillo, Mexico.