RKLB vs. ASTS, WD, MTTR, ALIT, CHPT, CHRW, HUBG, ATSG, FWRD, and PKOH
Should you be buying Rocket Lab USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rocket Lab USA include AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Matterport (MTTR), Alight (ALIT), ChargePoint (CHPT), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Hub Group (HUBG), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Forward Air (FWRD), and Park-Ohio (PKOH).
Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) and AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
71.8% of Rocket Lab USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of AST SpaceMobile shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of Rocket Lab USA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of AST SpaceMobile shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Rocket Lab USA presently has a consensus price target of $6.58, indicating a potential upside of 21.81%. AST SpaceMobile has a consensus price target of $14.97, indicating a potential downside of 20.56%. Given Rocket Lab USA's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rocket Lab USA is more favorable than AST SpaceMobile.
AST SpaceMobile has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Rocket Lab USA's net margin of -64.15%. AST SpaceMobile's return on equity of -32.42% beat Rocket Lab USA's return on equity.
Rocket Lab USA has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AST SpaceMobile has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rocket Lab USA received 18 more outperform votes than AST SpaceMobile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.33% of users gave Rocket Lab USA an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave AST SpaceMobile an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AST SpaceMobile had 8 more articles in the media than Rocket Lab USA. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AST SpaceMobile and 5 mentions for Rocket Lab USA. AST SpaceMobile's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Rocket Lab USA's score of 0.28 indicating that AST SpaceMobile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AST SpaceMobile has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rocket Lab USA. AST SpaceMobile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rocket Lab USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rocket Lab USA and AST SpaceMobile tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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