Zapata Computing (ZPTA) Competitors

XTI Aerospace (NASDAQ:XTIA) and Zapata Computing (NASDAQ:ZPTA) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, XTIA or ZPTA?

Zapata Computing has lower revenue, but higher earnings than XTI Aerospace.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
XTI Aerospace	$6.73M	0.27	-$45.95M	N/A	N/A
Zapata Computing	N/A	N/A	-$860K	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer XTIA or ZPTA?

Zapata Computing has a consensus price target of $1.63, suggesting a potential upside of 12,400.00%. Given Zapata Computing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Zapata Computing is more favorable than XTI Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XTI Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Zapata Computing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is XTIA or ZPTA more profitable?

Zapata Computing has a net margin of 0.00% compared to XTI Aerospace's net margin of -1,085.41%. Zapata Computing's return on equity of 0.00% beat XTI Aerospace's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XTI Aerospace	-1,085.41%	-984.88%	-132.46%
Zapata Computing	N/A	N/A	-60.05%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor XTIA or ZPTA?

XTI Aerospace received 469 more outperform votes than Zapata Computing when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Zapata Computing an outperform vote while only 72.50% of users gave XTI Aerospace an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XTI Aerospace	Outperform Votes 472 72.50%	Underperform Votes 179 27.50%
Zapata Computing	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media refer more to XTIA or ZPTA?

In the previous week, XTI Aerospace had 5 more articles in the media than Zapata Computing. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for XTI Aerospace and 0 mentions for Zapata Computing. XTI Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Zapata Computing's score of 0.00 indicating that XTI Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
XTI Aerospace	Neutral
Zapata Computing	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, XTIA or ZPTA?

XTI Aerospace has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zapata Computing has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in XTIA or ZPTA?

11.7% of XTI Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Zapata Computing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of XTI Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Zapata Computing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Zapata Computing beats XTI Aerospace on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.