LUNR vs. MTAL, ATRO, DCO, SPCE, ASLE, EH, TGI, PKE, RDW, and SPIR
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), EHang (EH), Triumph Group (TGI), Park Aerospace (PKE), Redwire (RDW), and Spire Global (SPIR).
Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) and Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Intuitive Machines had 4 more articles in the media than Metals Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Intuitive Machines and 15 mentions for Metals Acquisition. Metals Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Intuitive Machines' score of 0.03 indicating that Metals Acquisition is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intuitive Machines has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Metals Acquisition.
72.2% of Intuitive Machines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.9% of Intuitive Machines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Intuitive Machines presently has a consensus target price of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 125.60%. Metals Acquisition has a consensus target price of $13.92, suggesting a potential upside of 3.24%. Given Intuitive Machines' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Intuitive Machines is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.
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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