Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) & Nano Labs (NASDAQ:NA) Head-To-Head Survey

Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) and Nano Labs (NASDAQ:NA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Himax Technologies and Nano Labs’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Himax Technologies	5.28%	4.92%	2.59%
Nano Labs	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Himax Technologies and Nano Labs, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Himax Technologies	0	3	0	0	2.00
Nano Labs	1	0	0	0	1.00

Himax Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.36%. Given Himax Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Himax Technologies is more favorable than Nano Labs.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Himax Technologies and Nano Labs”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Himax Technologies	$832.17 million	1.83	$43.94 million	$0.26	33.58
Nano Labs	$5.65 million	15.41	-$15.75 million	($6.80)	-0.43

Himax Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Nano Labs. Nano Labs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Himax Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Himax Technologies has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nano Labs has a beta of 2.97, indicating that its share price is 197% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

69.8% of Himax Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.7% of Nano Labs shares are held by institutional investors. 31.5% of Himax Technologies 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.

Summary

Himax Technologies beats Nano Labs on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Himax Technologies

Himax Technologies, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides display imaging processing technologies in China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Europe, and the United States. The company operates in two segments, Driver IC and Non-Driver Products. It offers display driver integrated circuits (ICs) and timing controllers that are used in televisions, PC monitors, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, automotive, ePaper devices, industrial displays, and other products. The company also provides automotive IC solutions, including traditional driver ICs; advanced in-cell touch and display driver integration; large touch and display driver integration; and local dimming timing controllers, as well as active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) solutions, including AMOLED drivers, timing controllers, and touch controller ICs. In addition, it offers application specific IC services; liquid crystal on silicon and micro-electro mechanical system products; Power ICs; complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor products; wafer level optics products; 3D sensing products; and ultralow power WiseEye smart image sensing products. The company markets its display drivers to panel manufacturers, mobile device module manufacturers, and manufacturers of end-use products. Himax Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Tainan City, Taiwan.

About Nano Labs

Nano Labs Ltd operates as a fabless integrated circuit design company and product solution provider in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It develops high throughput computing and high-performance computing chips. The company also offers distributed computing and storage solutions, smart network interface cards, and vision computing chips, as well as distributed rendering technology. In addition, it engages in the research and development of software. Its customers include enterprises and individual buyers. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.