RKLB vs. MTTR, ASTS, KTOS, UP, AIR, EVEX, TGI, ACHR, EH, and WD
Should you be buying Rocket Lab USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rocket Lab USA include Matterport (MTTR), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Wheels Up Experience (UP), AAR (AIR), EVE (EVEX), Triumph Group (TGI), Archer Aviation (ACHR), EHang (EH), and Walker & Dunlop (WD).
Matterport (NASDAQ:MTTR) and Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Rocket Lab USA has a net margin of -64.15% compared to Rocket Lab USA's net margin of -113.62%. Matterport's return on equity of -32.50% beat Rocket Lab USA's return on equity.
Matterport has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rocket Lab USA has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rocket Lab USA has higher revenue and earnings than Matterport. Rocket Lab USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matterport, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Matterport currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.97%. Rocket Lab USA has a consensus price target of $7.39, indicating a potential upside of 67.86%. Given Matterport's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rocket Lab USA is more favorable than Matterport.
37.0% of Matterport shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.5% of Matterport shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Matterport received 2 more outperform votes than Rocket Lab USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 46.15% of users gave Rocket Lab USA an outperform vote while only 44.07% of users gave Matterport an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Rocket Lab USA had 3 more articles in the media than Matterport. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Rocket Lab USA and 4 mentions for Matterport. Rocket Lab USA's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Matterport's score of 1.02 indicating that Matterport is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Rocket Lab USA beats Matterport on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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