BKSY vs. PL, AVNW, GILT, COMM, CRNT, KVHI, SATL, VUZI, CMBM, and CMTL
Should you be buying BlackSky Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackSky Technology include Planet Labs PBC (PL), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), CommScope (COMM), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), KVH Industries (KVHI), Satellogic (SATL), Vuzix (VUZI), Cambium Networks (CMBM), and Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) and BlackSky Technology (NYSE:BKSY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Planet Labs PBC presently has a consensus price target of $4.68, suggesting a potential upside of 151.49%. BlackSky Technology has a consensus price target of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 140.83%. Given BlackSky Technology's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Planet Labs PBC is more favorable than BlackSky Technology.
BlackSky Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackSky Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Planet Labs PBC had 2 more articles in the media than BlackSky Technology. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Planet Labs PBC and 3 mentions for BlackSky Technology. Planet Labs PBC's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat BlackSky Technology's score of -0.02 indicating that BlackSky Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Planet Labs PBC received 5 more outperform votes than BlackSky Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.82% of users gave BlackSky Technology an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Planet Labs PBC an outperform vote.
41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of BlackSky Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of BlackSky Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackSky Technology has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackSky Technology has a net margin of -52.24% compared to BlackSky Technology's net margin of -63.67%. BlackSky Technology's return on equity of -26.14% beat Planet Labs PBC's return on equity.
Summary
Planet Labs PBC beats BlackSky Technology on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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