LUNR vs. MTAL, NN, IPAX, CODA, LGST, AKLI, MIND, BOWL, NOC, and LHX
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), MIND Technology (MIND), Bowlero (BOWL), Northrop Grumman (NOC), and L3Harris Technologies (LHX).
Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) and Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Intuitive Machines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Metals Acquisition.
Intuitive Machines has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Intuitive Machines presently has a consensus price target of $9.80, indicating a potential upside of 122.22%. Metals Acquisition has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 15.71%. Given Intuitive Machines' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intuitive Machines is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.
In the previous week, Metals Acquisition had 9 more articles in the media than Intuitive Machines. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Metals Acquisition and 6 mentions for Intuitive Machines. Metals Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Intuitive Machines' score of 0.17 indicating that Metals Acquisition is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Metals Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Intuitive Machines' net margin of -19.48%.
Intuitive Machines received 21 more outperform votes than Metals Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Intuitive Machines an outperform vote while only 70.00% 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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