Head to Head Analysis: ZenaTech (NASDAQ:ZENA) & Moog (NYSE:MOG.A)

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

Volatility & Risk

ZenaTech has a beta of 7.34, suggesting that its share price is 634% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moog has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ZenaTech and Moog’s 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%
Moog	8.73%	17.67%	7.94%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for ZenaTech and Moog, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZenaTech	1	1	2	0	2.25
Moog	0	1	3	0	2.75

ZenaTech presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 305.41%. Moog has a consensus target price of $459.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.30%. Given ZenaTech’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ZenaTech is more favorable than Moog.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ZenaTech and Moog”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZenaTech	$9.24 million	2.70	-$32.36 million	($1.48)	-0.75
Moog	$3.86 billion	2.98	$235.03 million	$11.76	30.90

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.0% of Moog shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Moog shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Moog beats ZenaTech on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Moog

Moog Inc. designs, manufactures, and integrates precision motion and fluid controls and controls systems for original equipment manufacturers and end users in the aerospace, defense, and industrial markets worldwide. The company's Aircrafts Controls segment offers primary and secondary flight controls for military and commercial aircrafts; aftermarket support services; and ground-based navigation aids. Its Space and Defense Controls segment provides controls for satellites, space vehicles, launch vehicles, armored combat vehicles, tactical and strategic missiles, security and surveillance, and other defense applications; and gun aiming, stabilization, and automatic ammunition loading for armored combat vehicles. This segment also offers controls for steering tactical and strategic missiles, and naval surface ships and submarines; and weapons stores management systems for light attack aerial reconnaissance, ground, and sea platforms, as well as slip rings, fiber optic rotary joints, and motors. The company's Industrial Systems segment provides components and systems for applications in injection and blow molding machinery, metal forming presses, and heavy industry customers in steel and aluminum production; supplies electromechanical motion simulation bases for the flight simulation and training applications; and supplies solutions for power generation applications, as well as custom test systems and controls for automotive, structural, and fatigue testing. This segment also offers systems and components for applications in oil and gas exploration and production; components for wind turbine applications; components and systems for diagnostic imaging CT scan medical equipment, sleep apnea equipment, oxygen concentrators, infusion therapy, and enteral clinical nutrition; and hydraulics, slip rings, rotary unions and fiber optic rotary joints, motors, and infusion and enteral pumps. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in East Aurora, New York.