ParaZero Technologies (NASDAQ:PRZO) vs. General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) Financial Survey

General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) and ParaZero Technologies (NASDAQ:PRZO) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for General Dynamics and ParaZero Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
General Dynamics	1	9	12	1	2.57
ParaZero Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00

General Dynamics currently has a consensus target price of $371.53, suggesting a potential upside of 6.08%. Given General Dynamics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe General Dynamics is more favorable than ParaZero Technologies.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

86.1% of General Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.4% of ParaZero Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of General Dynamics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

General Dynamics has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ParaZero Technologies has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares General Dynamics and ParaZero Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General Dynamics	8.01%	17.57%	7.38%
ParaZero Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares General Dynamics and ParaZero Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General Dynamics	$52.55 billion	1.80	$3.78 billion	$15.43	22.70
ParaZero Technologies	$930,000.00	N/A	-$11.05 million	N/A	N/A

General Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than ParaZero Technologies.

Summary

General Dynamics beats ParaZero Technologies on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About General Dynamics

General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment produces and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, aircraft-on-ground support and completion, charter, staffing, and fixed-base operator services. The Marine Systems segment designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatants, and auxiliary ships for the United States Navy and Jones Act ships for commercial customers, as well as builds crude oil and product tankers, and container and cargo ships; provides maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle support services for navy ships; offers and program management, planning, engineering, and design support services for submarine construction programs. The Combat Systems segment manufactures land combat solutions, such as wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, Stryker wheeled combat vehicles, piranha vehicles, weapons systems, munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and armaments; and offers modernization programs, engineering, support, and sustainment services. The Technologies segment provides information technology solutions and mission support services; mobile communication, computers, and command-and-control mission systems; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions to military, intelligence, and federal civilian customers; cloud computing, artificial intelligence; machine learning; big data analytics; development, security, and operations; and unmanned undersea vehicle manufacturing and assembly services. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

About ParaZero Technologies

ParaZero Technologies Ltd., an aerospace company, designs, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells autonomous parachute safety systems for commercial drones in the United States, Israel, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company offers SafeAir system, a smart parachute system that monitors unmanned aerial systems flight in real-time, as well as identifies critical failures and autonomously triggers a parachute in the event of an emergency. Its autonomous parachute system portfolio includes SafeAir Phantom, SafeAir Mavic, SafeAir Mavic 3, SafeAir M-200 Pro, SafeAir M-300 Pro, SafeAir M350 Pro, SafeAir M-600 Pro, SafeAir M30 Pro, SafeAir V1EX, SafeAir Parallel, SafeAir 350, and Custom Integrations. The company serves system manufacturers, resellers, and online stores. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Kiryat Ono, Israel.