Agilysys (NASDAQ:AGYS – Get Free Report) and Zapata Quantum (OTCMKTS:ZPTA – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Agilysys and Zapata Quantum”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Agilysys | $319.31 million | 9.06 | $38.79 million | $1.51 | 67.94 |
| Zapata Quantum | $3.88 million | 26.68 | $9.34 million | ($0.02) | -27.62 |
Risk and Volatility
Agilysys has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zapata Quantum has a beta of 20.94, suggesting that its share price is 1,994% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Agilysys and Zapata Quantum’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Agilysys | 12.99% | 11.94% | 8.20% |
| Zapata Quantum | N/A | -7.23% | -3.10% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Agilysys and Zapata Quantum, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Agilysys | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2.62 |
| Zapata Quantum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
Agilysys presently has a consensus price target of $124.60, suggesting a potential upside of 21.45%. Given Agilysys’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Agilysys is more favorable than Zapata Quantum.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
88.0% of Agilysys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Zapata Quantum shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Agilysys shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of Zapata Quantum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Agilysys beats Zapata Quantum on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Agilysys
Agilysys, Inc. operates as a developer and marketer of software-enabled solutions and services to the hospitality industry in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and India. It offers software solutions fully integrated with third party hardware and operating systems; cloud applications, support, and maintenance; subscription and maintenance; and professional services. The company’s hospitality software solutions include hospitality experience cloud offers solution ecosystems that combine core operational systems for property management, point-of-sale (POS), and inventory and procurement; and Hospitality Solution Studios. Its food and beverage ecosystem solutions comprise InfoGenesis POS; IG Kiosk; IG Flex; IG KDS; IG OnDemand; IG Fly; IG Quick Pay; IG Smart Menu; IG Digital Menu Board; IG PanOptic AI-powered self-checkout kiosk; Pay, a payment processing solution; eCash for cashless tender; gift card solution; and Analyze, a cloud-based data analytic platform. The company’s inventory and procurement ecosystem solutions include Eatec solution and Stratton Warren System; LMS, a on-premise or hosted, web and mobile-enabled PMS solution; Versa, a hospitality solution; and Stay, a cloud-native SaaS property management system. Its hospitality and leisure and experience enhancer solutions comprise Book, Express Kiosk and Express Mobile for check-in and check-out; Spa software; Golf; Sales & Catering; Service; Authorize; DataMagine; Reserve solution; Digital Marketing solution; Retail POS solution; Central Reservations; Loyalty & Promotions; Membership; Residence Management; and Guest App. It serves hotels, resorts and cruise lines, casinos, corporate food service management, restaurants, universities, stadiums, and healthcare. The company was formerly known as Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc. and changed its name to Agilysys, Inc. in 2003. Agilysys, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.
About Zapata Quantum
Zapata Computing Holdings Inc. operates as an industrial generative artificial intelligence (AI) software company in the United States. The company offers subscription-based solutions that combine software and services to develop generative AI applications, as well as accompanying services to solve complex industrial problems. It also provides Zapata AI Sense, a suite of algorithms and complex mathematical models to enhance analytics and other data-driven applications; Zapata AI Prose, a set of generative AI solutions based on large language models for generic chatbot applications; and Orquestra, an industrial generative AI application development platform, which provides sense and prose. It serves enterprise organizations. Zapata Computing Holdings Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
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