AmpliTech Group (NASDAQ:AMPG – Get Free Report) and Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares AmpliTech Group and Zebra Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AmpliTech Group | $25.20 million | 4.05 | -$7.01 million | ($0.34) | -10.00 |
| Zebra Technologies | $5.40 billion | 3.06 | $419.00 million | $10.93 | 31.71 |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for AmpliTech Group and Zebra Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AmpliTech Group | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Zebra Technologies | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2.85 |
AmpliTech Group presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 105.88%. Zebra Technologies has a consensus price target of $383.08, suggesting a potential upside of 10.52%. Given AmpliTech Group’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AmpliTech Group is more favorable than Zebra Technologies.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
11.0% of AmpliTech Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of AmpliTech Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Zebra Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares AmpliTech Group and Zebra Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AmpliTech Group | -33.37% | -19.55% | -14.76% |
| Zebra Technologies | 9.22% | 22.29% | 9.46% |
Risk and Volatility
AmpliTech Group has a beta of -0.22, meaning that its share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Zebra Technologies beats AmpliTech Group on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About AmpliTech Group
AmpliTech Group, Inc. designs, engineers, and assembles micro-wave component-based amplifiers. The company’s products include radio frequency (RF) amplifiers and related subsystems, such as low noise amplifiers for use in receivers of various communication systems comprising Wi-Fi, radar, satellite, base station, cell phone, radio, etc.; and medium power amplifiers that provide enhanced output power and gain in transceiver chains. It provides specialty microwave block downconverters used as a test device on satellite access point antennas; specialty microwave 1:2 Tx protection switch panels that is used in satellite communication earth stations; desktop/benchtop and compact wideband power amplifiers used in SATCOM rack mount systems, as well as test equipment used in integrators and manufacturers of various communications systems, such as cellular base stations, simulators, and point to point wireless radios; and waveguide to coaxial adapters for SATCOM and satellite internet gateway systems. In addition, the company offers cryogenic amplifiers for quantum computing, medical, RF imaging, research and development, space communications, accelerators, radiometry, and telephony applications; and cryogenic and non-cryogenic 4g/5g small cell subsystems for high-speed networks and airline Wi-Fi systems. Further, it provides custom assembly designs and non-recurring engineering services on a project-by-project basis, as well as IC packaging and lids products. The company serves aerospace, government, defense, commercial satellite, and wireless industries through sales representatives and distributors in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia. AmpliTech Group, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Hauppauge, New York.
About Zebra Technologies
Zebra Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides enterprise asset intelligence solutions in the automatic identification and data capture solutions industry worldwide. It operates in two segments, Asset Intelligence & Tracking, and Enterprise Visibility & Mobility. The company designs, manufactures, and sells printers that produce labels, wristbands, tickets, receipts, and plastic cards; dye-sublimination thermal card printers that produce images, which are used for personal identification, access control, and financial transactions; radio frequency identification device (RFID) printers that encode data into passive RFID transponders; accessories and options for printers, including carrying cases, vehicle mounts, and battery chargers; stock and customized thermal labels, receipts, ribbons, plastic cards, and RFID tags for printers; and temperature-monitoring labels primarily used in vaccine distribution. It also provides various maintenance, technical support, repair, and managed and professional services; fixed readers, RFID enabled mobile computers, and RFID sleds; tags, sensors, exciters, middleware software, and application software; and physical inventory management solutions, and rugged and enterprise-grade mobile computing products and accessories, as well as real-time location systems and services. In addition, the company offers barcode scanners and imagers, RFID readers, industrial machine vision cameras, and fixed industrial scanners; workforce management, workflow execution and task management, and prescriptive analytics, as well as communications and collaboration solutions; and cloud-based software subscriptions, retail, and robotics automation solutions. The company serves retail and e-commerce, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare, public sector, and other industries through direct sales force, and network of channel partners. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
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