Zenvia (NASDAQ:ZENV – Get Free Report) and Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD – 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.
Profitability
This table compares Zenvia and Applied Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Zenvia | -10.62% | -14.36% | -6.52% |
| Applied Digital | -37.78% | -16.42% | -4.00% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Zenvia and Applied Digital, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Zenvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Applied Digital | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2.88 |
Risk and Volatility
Zenvia has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Digital has a beta of 5.72, suggesting that its share price is 472% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
49.2% of Zenvia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Applied Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.4% of Zenvia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Applied Digital 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.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Zenvia and Applied Digital”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Zenvia | $1.10 billion | 0.02 | -$28.67 million | ($0.40) | -1.17 |
| Applied Digital | $611.31 million | 11.85 | -$244.00 million | ($0.89) | -27.92 |
Zenvia has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Digital. Applied Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zenvia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Applied Digital beats Zenvia on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Zenvia
Zenvia Inc. provides customer experience communications platform which empowers businesses to create unique journeys for their end-customers along their life cycle across range of B2C verticals. Zenvia Inc. is based in S?O PAULO.
About Applied Digital
Applied Digital Corporation designs, develops, and operates datacenters in North America. Its datacenters provide digital infrastructure solutions to the high-performance computing industry. The company also provides artificial intelligence cloud services, high performance computing datacenter hosting, and crypto datacenter hosting services. The company was formerly known as Applied Blockchain, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Digital Corporation in November 2022. Applied Digital Corporation is based in Dallas, Texas.
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