SPCE vs. ASC, SB, CLCO, PANL, BLDE, PAMT, GASS, KNOP, FLYX, and AZUL
Should you be buying Virgin Galactic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virgin Galactic include Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Safe Bulkers (SB), Cool (CLCO), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), PAMT (PAMT), StealthGas (GASS), KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP), flyExclusive (FLYX), and Azul (AZUL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Virgin Galactic vs. Its Competitors
Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) and Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Virgin Galactic has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ardmore Shipping has a net margin of 26.78% compared to Virgin Galactic's net margin of -5,972.70%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 14.77% beat Virgin Galactic's return on equity.
Ardmore Shipping has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ardmore Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Virgin Galactic currently has a consensus price target of $4.81, suggesting a potential upside of 69.75%. Ardmore Shipping has a consensus price target of $13.67, suggesting a potential upside of 33.33%. Given Virgin Galactic's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Virgin Galactic is more favorable than Ardmore Shipping.
In the previous week, Virgin Galactic had 4 more articles in the media than Ardmore Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Virgin Galactic and 2 mentions for Ardmore Shipping. Ardmore Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Virgin Galactic's score of 0.27 indicating that Ardmore Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
46.6% of Virgin Galactic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Virgin Galactic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ardmore Shipping beats Virgin Galactic on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:SPCE) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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