PL vs. VSAT, HLIT, AVNW, COMM, GILT, CRNT, BKSY, KVHI, SATL, and CMBM
Should you be buying Planet Labs PBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Planet Labs PBC include Viasat (VSAT), Harmonic (HLIT), Aviat Networks (AVNW), CommScope (COMM), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), KVH Industries (KVHI), Satellogic (SATL), and Cambium Networks (CMBM). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Viasat received 439 more outperform votes than Planet Labs PBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.30% of users gave Viasat an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Planet Labs PBC an outperform vote.
86.1% of Viasat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Viasat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Viasat presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 59.86%. Planet Labs PBC has a consensus price target of $4.68, suggesting a potential upside of 151.49%. Given Viasat's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Planet Labs PBC is more favorable than Viasat.
Viasat has a net margin of -24.95% compared to Viasat's net margin of -63.67%. Planet Labs PBC's return on equity of -19.76% beat Viasat's return on equity.
Planet Labs PBC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Viasat. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viasat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Viasat has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Viasat had 12 more articles in the media than Planet Labs PBC. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Viasat and 5 mentions for Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Viasat's score of -0.02 indicating that Viasat is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Viasat beats Planet Labs PBC on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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