LUNR vs. MTAL, ATRO, DCO, ASLE, SPCE, TGI, EH, RDW, SPIR, and PKE
Should you be buying Intuitive Machines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intuitive Machines include Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Astronics (ATRO), Ducommun (DCO), AerSale (ASLE), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), Triumph Group (TGI), EHang (EH), Redwire (RDW), Spire Global (SPIR), and Park Aerospace (PKE).
Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) and Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
72.2% of Intuitive Machines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.7% of Intuitive Machines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Intuitive Machines had 22 more articles in the media than Metals Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Intuitive Machines and 3 mentions for Metals Acquisition. Intuitive Machines' average media sentiment score of -0.05 beat Metals Acquisition's score of -0.21 indicating that Intuitive Machines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Intuitive Machines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Metals Acquisition.
Intuitive Machines currently has a consensus price target of $10.25, suggesting a potential upside of 99.42%. Metals Acquisition has a consensus price target of $13.92, suggesting a potential upside of 0.92%. Given Intuitive Machines' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Intuitive Machines is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.
Intuitive Machines has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its stock price is 98% 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 85.71% of users gave Metals Acquisition an outperform vote.
Metals Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Intuitive Machines' net margin of -19.48%. Metals Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Intuitive Machines' return on equity.
Summary
Intuitive Machines beats Metals Acquisition on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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