Head-To-Head Comparison: ZenaTech (NASDAQ:ZENA) vs. Loar (NYSE:LOAR)

Loar (NYSE:LOAR) and ZenaTech (NASDAQ:ZENA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Loar and ZenaTech”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Loar	$496.28 million	14.28	$72.15 million	$0.71	106.62
ZenaTech	$9.24 million	3.38	-$32.36 million	($1.42)	-0.98

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Loar and ZenaTech, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loar	0	2	3	1	2.83
ZenaTech	1	1	2	0	2.25

Loar currently has a consensus price target of $84.40, suggesting a potential upside of 11.49%. ZenaTech has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 223.74%. Given ZenaTech’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ZenaTech is more favorable than Loar.

Profitability

This table compares Loar and ZenaTech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loar	12.64%	8.47%	5.35%
ZenaTech	-332.51%	N/A	-78.90%

Risk and Volatility

Loar has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZenaTech has a beta of 7.14, meaning that its stock price is 614% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Loar beats ZenaTech on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Loar

Loar Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets aerospace and defense components for aircraft, and aerospace and defense systems in the United States and internationally. It offers products in various categories, which include airframe components, structural components, avionics, composites, braking system components, de-ice and ice protection, electro-mechanical, engineered materials, flight controls, fluid and motion controls, environmental, metal forming, molded components, and restraints and safety devices. The company also provides auto throttles, lap-belt airbags, two-and three-point seat belts, water purification systems, fire barriers, polyimide washers and bushings, latches, hold-open and tie rods, temperature and fluid sensors and switches, carbon and metallic brake discs, fluid and pneumatic-based ice protection, RAM air components, sealing solutions, actuation devices, and others. It primarily serves commercial, business jet and general aviation, and defense markets. Loar Holdings Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York.

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.