RKLB vs. HUBG, MTTR, ASTS, WD, ATSG, CHPT, NKLA, PKOH, FWRD, and UPS
Should you be buying Rocket Lab USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rocket Lab USA include Hub Group (HUBG), Matterport (MTTR), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), ChargePoint (CHPT), Nikola (NKLA), Park-Ohio (PKOH), Forward Air (FWRD), and United Parcel Service (UPS).
Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) and Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
Rocket Lab USA presently has a consensus target price of $7.39, indicating a potential upside of 76.69%. Hub Group has a consensus target price of $46.54, indicating a potential upside of 9.85%. Given Rocket Lab USA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rocket Lab USA is more favorable than Hub Group.
Hub Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rocket Lab USA. Rocket Lab USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hub Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
71.8% of Rocket Lab USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of Hub Group shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of Rocket Lab USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Hub Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Rocket Lab USA had 10 more articles in the media than Hub Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Rocket Lab USA and 7 mentions for Hub Group. Hub Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Rocket Lab USA's score of 0.46 indicating that Hub Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rocket Lab USA has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hub Group has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hub Group has a net margin of 3.28% compared to Rocket Lab USA's net margin of -64.15%. Hub Group's return on equity of 8.48% beat Rocket Lab USA's return on equity.
Hub Group received 439 more outperform votes than Rocket Lab USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.28% of users gave Hub Group an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Rocket Lab USA an outperform vote.
Summary
Hub Group beats Rocket Lab USA on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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