RKLB vs. MTTR, KAMN, KTOS, UP, EVEX, ACHR, AIR, TGI, EH, and NKLA
Should you be buying Rocket Lab USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rocket Lab USA include Matterport (MTTR), Kaman (KAMN), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), Wheels Up Experience (UP), EVE (EVEX), Archer Aviation (ACHR), AAR (AIR), Triumph Group (TGI), EHang (EH), and Nikola (NKLA).
Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) and Matterport (NASDAQ:MTTR) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Rocket Lab USA currently has a consensus price target of $7.46, indicating a potential upside of 102.28%. Matterport has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.02%. Given Rocket Lab USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Rocket Lab USA is more favorable than Matterport.
Rocket Lab USA has a net margin of -74.64% compared to Matterport's net margin of -126.20%. Rocket Lab USA's return on equity of -30.54% beat Matterport's return on equity.
In the previous week, Matterport had 30 more articles in the media than Rocket Lab USA. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Matterport and 7 mentions for Rocket Lab USA. Matterport's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Rocket Lab USA's score of 0.32 indicating that Matterport is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Matterport received 4 more outperform votes than Rocket Lab USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.07% of users gave Matterport an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave Rocket Lab USA an outperform vote.
71.8% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Matterport shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Rocket Lab USA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of Matterport shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Rocket Lab USA has higher revenue and earnings than Matterport. Rocket Lab USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matterport, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rocket Lab USA has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matterport has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Rocket Lab USA beats Matterport on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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