ZenaTech (NASDAQ:ZENA – Get Free Report) and GDS (NASDAQ:GDS – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares ZenaTech and GDS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ZenaTech | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| GDS | 8.12% | 8.72% | 2.81% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for ZenaTech and GDS, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ZenaTech | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| GDS | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2.82 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares ZenaTech and GDS”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 | 27.67 | -$3.27 million | ($0.39) | -6.18 |
| GDS | $1.63 billion | 4.92 | $476.47 million | $0.52 | 79.58 |
GDS has higher revenue and earnings than ZenaTech. ZenaTech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GDS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
33.7% of GDS shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of GDS 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.
Risk & Volatility
ZenaTech has a beta of 14.28, indicating that its share price is 1,328% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GDS has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
GDS beats ZenaTech on 12 of the 15 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 GDS
GDS Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, develops and operates data centers in the People's Republic of China. The company provides colocation services comprising critical facilities space, customer-available power, racks, and cooling; managed hosting services, including business continuity and disaster recovery, network management, data storage, system security, operating system, database, and server middleware services; managed cloud services; and consulting services. It serves cloud service providers, large Internet companies, financial institutions, telecommunications and IT service providers, and large domestic private sector and multinational corporations. GDS Holdings Limited was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.
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