Reviewing Amprius Technologies (NYSE:AMPX) and ZenaTech (NASDAQ:ZENA)

ZenaTech (NASDAQ:ZENA) and Amprius Technologies (NYSE:AMPX) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for ZenaTech and Amprius Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZenaTech	1	0	1	0	2.00
Amprius Technologies	1	0	8	0	2.78

ZenaTech currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 310.96%. Amprius Technologies has a consensus target price of $19.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.17%. Given ZenaTech’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ZenaTech is more favorable than Amprius Technologies.

Risk and Volatility

ZenaTech has a beta of 14.26, meaning that its share price is 1,326% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amprius Technologies has a beta of 3.04, meaning that its share price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ZenaTech and Amprius Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZenaTech	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amprius Technologies	-60.30%	-24.29%	-15.50%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

5.0% of Amprius Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of Amprius Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ZenaTech and Amprius Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZenaTech	$1.96 million	25.14	-$3.27 million	($0.39)	-5.62
Amprius Technologies	$73.01 million	33.64	-$44.02 million	($0.34)	-52.73

ZenaTech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amprius Technologies. Amprius Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ZenaTech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of 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 Amprius Technologies

Amprius Technologies, Inc. produces and sells ultra-high energy density lithium-ion batteries for mobility applications. The company offers silicon nanowire anode batteries. Its batteries are primarily used for existing and emerging aviation applications, including unmanned aerial systems, such as drones and high-altitude pseudo satellites. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.