Financial Survey: Zapata Quantum (OTCMKTS:ZPTA) and Agilysys (NASDAQ:AGYS)

Zapata Quantum (OTCMKTS:ZPTA) and Agilysys (NASDAQ:AGYS) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Zapata Quantum and Agilysys”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zapata Quantum	$3.88 million	24.72	$9.34 million	($0.02)	-25.60
Agilysys	$319.31 million	8.77	$38.79 million	$1.51	65.74

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

Volatility and Risk

Zapata Quantum has a beta of 20.94, indicating that its stock price is 1,994% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilysys has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Zapata Quantum and Agilysys, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zapata Quantum	0	0	0	1	4.00
Agilysys	0	3	5	0	2.62

Agilysys has a consensus target price of $124.60, suggesting a potential upside of 25.53%. Given Agilysys’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agilysys is more favorable than Zapata Quantum.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

51.2% of Zapata Quantum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Agilysys shares are held by institutional investors. 39.3% of Zapata Quantum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Agilysys shares 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.

Profitability

This table compares Zapata Quantum and Agilysys’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zapata Quantum	N/A	-7.23%	-3.10%
Agilysys	12.99%	11.94%	8.20%

Summary

Agilysys beats Zapata Quantum on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.