SPCE vs. CLOV, RKLB, ASC, SB, CLCO, ESEA, BLDE, PANL, PAMT, and GASS
Should you be buying Virgin Galactic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virgin Galactic include Clover Health Investments (CLOV), Rocket Lab (RKLB), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Safe Bulkers (SB), Cool (CLCO), Euroseas (ESEA), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), PAMT (PAMT), and StealthGas (GASS).
Virgin Galactic vs. Its Competitors
Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV) and Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) are related small-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
Clover Health Investments has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virgin Galactic has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Clover Health Investments currently has a consensus price target of $4.83, suggesting a potential upside of 60.04%. Virgin Galactic has a consensus price target of $4.81, suggesting a potential upside of 47.85%. Given Clover Health Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Clover Health Investments is more favorable than Virgin Galactic.
19.8% of Clover Health Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Virgin Galactic shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.1% of Clover Health Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Virgin Galactic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Clover Health Investments had 4 more articles in the media than Virgin Galactic. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Clover Health Investments and 0 mentions for Virgin Galactic. Clover Health Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Virgin Galactic's score of 0.00 indicating that Clover Health Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clover Health Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Galactic. Clover Health Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virgin Galactic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Clover Health Investments has a net margin of -1.69% compared to Virgin Galactic's net margin of -5,972.70%. Clover Health Investments' return on equity of -7.42% beat Virgin Galactic's return on equity.
Summary
Clover Health Investments beats Virgin Galactic on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:SPCE) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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