SPCE vs. ASC, SB, PAMT, CLCO, PANL, BLDE, AZUL, ESEA, FLYX, and KNOP
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), Pamt (PAMT), Cool (CLCO), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Azul (AZUL), Euroseas (ESEA), flyExclusive (FLYX), and KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Virgin Galactic vs.
Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) and Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Virgin Galactic had 17 more articles in the media than Ardmore Shipping. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Virgin Galactic and 2 mentions for Ardmore Shipping. Ardmore Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Virgin Galactic's score of 0.00 indicating that Ardmore Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the media.
62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Virgin Galactic 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ardmore Shipping received 304 more outperform votes than Virgin Galactic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.81% of users gave Ardmore Shipping an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave Virgin Galactic an outperform vote.
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.
Ardmore Shipping presently has a consensus price target of $13.67, suggesting a potential upside of 34.58%. Virgin Galactic has a consensus price target of $13.06, suggesting a potential upside of 251.62%. Given Virgin Galactic's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Virgin Galactic is more favorable than Ardmore Shipping.
Ardmore Shipping has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virgin Galactic has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ardmore Shipping has a net margin of 32.78% compared to Virgin Galactic's net margin of -3,975.27%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 20.48% beat Virgin Galactic's return on equity.
Summary
Ardmore Shipping beats Virgin Galactic on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SPCE) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
