ASTC vs. ASTR, AZ, SIF, SIDU, AIRI, XTIA, MNTS, PRZO, HOVR, and BNGO
Should you be buying Astrotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astrotech include Astra Space (ASTR), A2Z Smart Technologies (AZ), SIFCO Industries (SIF), Sidus Space (SIDU), Air Industries Group (AIRI), XTI Aerospace (XTIA), Momentus (MNTS), ParaZero Technologies (PRZO), New Horizon Aircraft (HOVR), and Bionano Genomics (BNGO).
Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC) and Astra Space (NASDAQ:ASTR) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Astra Space had 4 more articles in the media than Astrotech. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Astra Space and 2 mentions for Astrotech. Astra Space's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Astrotech's score of 0.00 indicating that Astra Space is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Astrotech received 126 more outperform votes than Astra Space when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.64% of users gave Astrotech an outperform vote while only 16.67% of users gave Astra Space an outperform vote.
Astra Space has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Astrotech's net margin of -515.23%. Astrotech's return on equity of -23.57% beat Astra Space's return on equity.
Astrotech has a beta of -0.2, meaning that its share price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astra Space has a beta of 3, meaning that its share price is 200% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Astrotech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Astra Space. Astrotech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astra Space, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
24.4% of Astrotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Astra Space shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Astrotech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Astra Space shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Astra Space beats Astrotech on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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