LUNR vs. MTAL, NN, IPAX, CODA, LGST, AKLI, GETR, MIND, BOWL, and NOC
Should you be buying Intuitive Machines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intuitive Machines include Metals Acquisition (MTAL), NextNav (NN), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), Coda Octopus Group (CODA), Semper Paratus Acquisition (LGST), Akili (AKLI), Getaround (GETR), MIND Technology (MIND), Bowlero (BOWL), and Northrop Grumman (NOC).
Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) and Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Intuitive Machines had 2 more articles in the media than Metals Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Intuitive Machines and 3 mentions for Metals Acquisition. Metals Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Intuitive Machines' score of 0.68 indicating that Intuitive Machines is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Intuitive Machines shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.7% of Intuitive Machines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Intuitive Machines has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Metals Acquisition.
Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuitive Machines has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Intuitive Machines received 16 more outperform votes than Metals Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Intuitive Machines an outperform vote while only 77.78% of users gave Metals Acquisition an outperform vote.
Metals Acquisition presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.71%. Intuitive Machines has a consensus price target of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 128.29%. Given Metals Acquisition's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Intuitive Machines is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.
Metals Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Metals Acquisition's net margin of -19.48%. Intuitive Machines' return on equity of 0.00% beat Metals Acquisition's return on equity.
Summary
Intuitive Machines beats Metals Acquisition on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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