ASTS vs. RKLB, CIR, HAYN, ATRO, IEA, SATS, CCOI, CALX, GSAT, and GOGO
Should you be buying AST SpaceMobile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AST SpaceMobile include Rocket Lab USA (RKLB), CIRCOR International (CIR), Haynes International (HAYN), Astronics (ATRO), Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives (IEA), EchoStar (SATS), Cogent Communications (CCOI), Calix (CALX), Globalstar (GSAT), and Gogo (GOGO).
Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) and AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
AST SpaceMobile has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rocket Lab USA. Rocket Lab USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AST SpaceMobile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AST SpaceMobile has a net margin of 0.00% compared to AST SpaceMobile's net margin of -64.15%. Rocket Lab USA's return on equity of -32.42% beat AST SpaceMobile's return on equity.
Rocket Lab USA has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AST SpaceMobile has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rocket Lab USA currently has a consensus price target of $7.39, suggesting a potential upside of 69.01%. AST SpaceMobile has a consensus price target of $12.97, suggesting a potential upside of 56.70%. Given AST SpaceMobile's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Rocket Lab USA is more favorable than AST SpaceMobile.
In the previous week, AST SpaceMobile had 13 more articles in the media than Rocket Lab USA. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for AST SpaceMobile and 18 mentions for Rocket Lab USA. Rocket Lab USA's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat AST SpaceMobile's score of 0.53 indicating that AST SpaceMobile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rocket Lab USA received 14 more outperform votes than AST SpaceMobile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.15% of users gave Rocket Lab USA an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave AST SpaceMobile an outperform vote.
71.8% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Rocket Lab USA and AST SpaceMobile tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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