SPCE vs. ISSC, DSKE, YELL, GHM, SLDP, QUAD, ESEA, GASS, PFMT, and NVRI
Should you be buying Virgin Galactic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virgin Galactic include Innovative Solutions and Support (ISSC), Daseke (DSKE), Yellow (YELL), Graham (GHM), Solid Power (SLDP), Quad/Graphics (QUAD), Euroseas (ESEA), StealthGas (GASS), Performant Financial (PFMT), and Enviri (NVRI).
Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) and Innovative Solutions and Support (NASDAQ:ISSC) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Virgin Galactic has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innovative Solutions and Support has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Innovative Solutions and Support has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innovative Solutions and Support, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Innovative Solutions and Support has a net margin of 16.98% compared to Virgin Galactic's net margin of -7,387.31%. Innovative Solutions and Support's return on equity of 17.20% beat Virgin Galactic's return on equity.
46.6% of Virgin Galactic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Innovative Solutions and Support shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Virgin Galactic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Innovative Solutions and Support shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Virgin Galactic received 4 more outperform votes than Innovative Solutions and Support when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.20% of users gave Innovative Solutions and Support an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Virgin Galactic an outperform vote.
Virgin Galactic currently has a consensus target price of $2.30, indicating a potential upside of 136.67%. Given Virgin Galactic's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Virgin Galactic is more favorable than Innovative Solutions and Support.
In the previous week, Virgin Galactic had 4 more articles in the media than Innovative Solutions and Support. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Virgin Galactic and 4 mentions for Innovative Solutions and Support. Innovative Solutions and Support's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Virgin Galactic's score of 0.28 indicating that Innovative Solutions and Support is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Innovative Solutions and Support beats Virgin Galactic on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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