Analyzing Draganfly (NASDAQ:DPRO) and Dynatrace (NYSE:DT)

Draganfly (NASDAQ:DPRO) and Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

10.4% of Draganfly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Dynatrace shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Dynatrace shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Draganfly and Dynatrace’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Draganfly	-243.20%	-71.81%	-58.36%
Dynatrace	27.33%	9.24%	6.14%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Draganfly and Dynatrace, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Draganfly	0	0	2	2	3.50
Dynatrace	0	6	18	0	2.75

Draganfly presently has a consensus target price of $16.75, suggesting a potential upside of 75.03%. Dynatrace has a consensus target price of $59.96, suggesting a potential upside of 46.89%. Given Draganfly’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Draganfly is more favorable than Dynatrace.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Draganfly and Dynatrace”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Draganfly	$4.79 million	10.85	-$10.13 million	($1.85)	-5.17
Dynatrace	$1.70 billion	7.24	$483.68 million	$1.67	24.44

Dynatrace has higher revenue and earnings than Draganfly. Draganfly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynatrace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Draganfly has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynatrace has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dynatrace beats Draganfly on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Draganfly

Draganfly Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells cutting-edge unmanned and remote data collection and analysis platforms and systems in the United States and Canada. The company offers quadcopters, fixed-wing aircraft, ground-based robots, handheld controllers, and flight training, as well as software used for tracking, live streaming, and data collection. It also operates a health/telehealth platform that is a set of technologies that remotely detect various biometrics, such as heart rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure. In addition, the company provides sanitary spraying services to indoor and outdoor public gathering spaces, including sport stadiums and fields, and custom engineering, training, consulting, flight, and geographic information systems data services. It serves public safety, agriculture, industrial inspections, and mapping and surveying markets. Draganfly Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

About Dynatrace

Dynatrace, Inc. provides a security platform for multicloud environments in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates Dynatrace, a security platform, which provides application and microservices monitoring, runtime application security, infrastructure monitoring, log management and analytics, digital experience monitoring, digital business analytics, and cloud automation. Its platform allows its customers to modernize and automate IT operations, delivers software, and enhance user experiences. In addition, the company offers implementation, consulting, and training services. It markets its products through a combination of direct sales team and a network of partners, including resellers, system integrators, and managed service providers. It serves customers in various industries comprising banking, financial services, government, insurance, retail and wholesale, transportation, and software. Dynatrace, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.