LUNR vs. MTAL, ATRO, DCO, SPCE, ASLE, TGI, PKE, RDW, SPIR, and EH
Should you be buying Intuitive Machines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intuitive Machines include Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Astronics (ATRO), Ducommun (DCO), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), AerSale (ASLE), Triumph Group (TGI), Park Aerospace (PKE), Redwire (RDW), Spire Global (SPIR), and EHang (EH).
Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) and Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Intuitive Machines had 5 more articles in the media than Metals Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Intuitive Machines and 1 mentions for Metals Acquisition. Metals Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Intuitive Machines' score of 0.96 indicating that Metals Acquisition is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intuitive Machines has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Intuitive Machines currently has a consensus price target of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 99.51%. Metals Acquisition has a consensus price target of $13.92, suggesting a potential upside of 7.05%. Given Intuitive Machines' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Intuitive Machines is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.
Intuitive Machines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Metals Acquisition.
Intuitive Machines has a net margin of 78.98% compared to Metals Acquisition's net margin of 0.00%. Metals Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Intuitive Machines' return on equity.
Intuitive Machines received 13 more outperform votes than Metals Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Intuitive Machines an outperform vote while only 85.71% of users gave Metals Acquisition an outperform vote.
Summary
Intuitive Machines beats Metals Acquisition on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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