ASTC vs. AZ, ASTR, AIRI, HOVR, SIDU, SIF, XTIA, MNTS, PRZO, and OPXS
Should you be buying Astrotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astrotech include A2Z Smart Technologies (AZ), Astra Space (ASTR), Air Industries Group (AIRI), New Horizon Aircraft (HOVR), Sidus Space (SIDU), SIFCO Industries (SIF), XTI Aerospace (XTIA), Momentus (MNTS), ParaZero Technologies (PRZO), and Optex Systems (OPXS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC) and A2Z Smart Technologies (NASDAQ:AZ) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Astrotech has a beta of -0.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A2Z Smart Technologies has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
A2Z Smart Technologies has a net margin of -152.23% compared to Astrotech's net margin of -550.25%. Astrotech's return on equity of -26.78% beat A2Z Smart Technologies' return on equity.
Astrotech received 127 more outperform votes than A2Z Smart Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave A2Z Smart Technologies an outperform vote while only 56.64% of users gave Astrotech an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Astrotech had 2 more articles in the media than A2Z Smart Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Astrotech and 3 mentions for A2Z Smart Technologies. Astrotech's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat A2Z Smart Technologies' score of 0.94 indicating that Astrotech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Astrotech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than A2Z Smart Technologies. Astrotech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than A2Z Smart Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
24.4% of Astrotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.6% of A2Z Smart Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Astrotech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of A2Z Smart Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Astrotech beats A2Z Smart Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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