Financial Review: Zapata Computing (NASDAQ:ZPTA) versus Temenos (OTCMKTS:TMNSF)

Temenos (OTCMKTS:TMNSF) and Zapata Computing (NASDAQ:ZPTA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Temenos and Zapata Computing’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Temenos	N/A	N/A	N/A
Zapata Computing	N/A	N/A	-60.05%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Temenos and Zapata Computing, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Temenos	0	1	0	0	2.00
Zapata Computing	0	0	0	0	0.00

Insider & Institutional Ownership

51.2% of Zapata Computing shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Zapata Computing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Temenos has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zapata Computing has a beta of 23.89, indicating that its share price is 2,289% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Temenos and Zapata Computing”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Temenos	$1.00 billion	6.82	$134.68 million	N/A	N/A
Zapata Computing	$5.68 million	0.13	-$860,000.00	N/A	N/A

Temenos has higher revenue and earnings than Zapata Computing.

Summary

Temenos beats Zapata Computing on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Temenos

Temenos AG develops, markets, and sells integrated banking software systems to banking and other financial institutions worldwide. Its Temenos Banking Cloud helps banks to offer open banking services. The company provides Temenos Infinity, a digital banking platform; Temenos Transact, a core banking software for retail, corporate, treasury, wealth, and payments; Temenos Payments, a software-as-a-service payments technology; Temenos Multifonds, a platform for traditional and alternative funds, as well as offers key asset servicing, position keeping, valuation and accounting functions for various structures of pooled vehicles and funds; Temenos Multifonds Navigator, a net asset value shadow, oversight, and contingency solution; and Temenos Quantum, a multi-experience development platform. It also offers Temenos XAI that enables banks to provide individualized customer experiences, drive customer loyalty and profitability, and automate processes; Temenos Financial Crime Mitigation that allows banks and financial institutions to avoid regulatory fines, detect fraud, and mitigate reputational risks; Temenos Analytics, a reporting, analytics, and business intelligence product; Temenos Regulatory Compliance for addressing fraud, remaining compliant with regulations, and managing risks; Temenos Wealth, an integrated portfolio management and securities trading platform for wealth managers and private bankers; and Temenos DataSource, an enterprise data management solution. In addition, it provides various solutions for retail, business, universal, central, Islamic, corporate, and private banking; life and pension; challenger banks and fintechs; wealth management; credit unions; financial inclusion; and asset managers and asset services. The company was formerly known as Temenos Group AG and changed its name to Temenos AG in May 2018. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

About Zapata Computing

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.