LUNR vs. MTAL, NN, IPAX, CODA, LGST, AKLI, GETR, MIND, BOWL, and NOC
Should you be buying Intuitive Machines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intuitive Machines include Metals Acquisition (MTAL), NextNav (NN), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), Coda Octopus Group (CODA), Semper Paratus Acquisition (LGST), Akili (AKLI), Getaround (GETR), MIND Technology (MIND), Bowlero (BOWL), and Northrop Grumman (NOC).
Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) and Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Metals Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Intuitive Machines' net margin of -19.48%. Metals Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Intuitive Machines' return on equity.
72.2% of Intuitive Machines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 73.7% of Intuitive Machines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Metals Acquisition 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.
Intuitive Machines has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Intuitive Machines presently has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 128.29%. Metals Acquisition has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.44%. Given Intuitive Machines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Intuitive Machines is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.
Intuitive Machines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Metals Acquisition.
In the previous week, Intuitive Machines had 4 more articles in the media than Metals Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Intuitive Machines and 2 mentions for Metals Acquisition. Intuitive Machines' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Metals Acquisition's score of 0.20 indicating that Intuitive Machines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Intuitive Machines received 16 more outperform votes than Metals Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Intuitive Machines an outperform vote while only 77.78% of users gave Metals Acquisition an outperform vote.
Summary
Intuitive Machines beats Metals Acquisition on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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