Comparing ZenaTech (ZENA) & Its Peers

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

Profitability

This table compares ZenaTech and its competitors’ 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	-286.73%	-47.03%	-4.24%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ZenaTech and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZenaTech	$9.24 million	-$32.36 million	-0.50
ZenaTech Competitors	$8.33 billion	$569.54 million	25.37

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for ZenaTech and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZenaTech	1	1	2	0	2.25
ZenaTech Competitors	2152	8245	12731	579	2.50

ZenaTech currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 504.03%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 25.50%. Given ZenaTech’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ZenaTech is more favorable than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

ZenaTech has a beta of 7.52, meaning that its share price is 652% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZenaTech’s competitors have a beta of 1.39, meaning that their average share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ZenaTech competitors beat ZenaTech on 10 of the 12 factors compared.

About ZenaTech

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.