ZenaTech (ZENA) versus The Competition Critical Review

ZenaTech (NASDAQ:ZENA) is one of 229 public companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare ZenaTech to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares ZenaTech and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZenaTech	-306.35%	-3,081.41%	-76.55%
ZenaTech Competitors	-278.66%	-46.60%	-4.00%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ZenaTech and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZenaTech	$9.24 million	-$32.36 million	-0.43
ZenaTech Competitors	$8.45 billion	$569.01 million	24.99

ZenaTech’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than ZenaTech. ZenaTech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

ZenaTech has a beta of 7.52, suggesting that its stock price is 652% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZenaTech’s rivals have a beta of 1.31, suggesting that their average stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for ZenaTech and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZenaTech	1	1	2	0	2.25
ZenaTech Competitors	2156	8260	12764	580	2.50

ZenaTech presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 604.34%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 31.99%. Given ZenaTech’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ZenaTech is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ZenaTech rivals beat ZenaTech on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

ZenaTech Company Profile

ZenaTech, Inc., an enterprise software technology company, develops cloud-based software applications in Canada. It provides cryptocurrency wallets and cloud-based enterprise software solutions for the agriculture industry; cloud-based enterprise software solutions for the medical records industry; safety and compliance management software and mobile solutions; field management software and mobile solutions; integrated cloud-based enterprise software and hardware drone technology solutions for various industries; and browser-based enterprise software applications for public safety. ZenaTech, Inc. was formerly known as ZenaDrone, Inc. and changed its name to ZenaTech, Inc. on October 5, 2020. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Toronto, Canada.