SPCE vs. ASLE, RDW, SPIR, PKE, VTSI, BAER, ATRO, EVTL, TATT, and LUNR
Should you be buying Virgin Galactic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virgin Galactic include AerSale (ASLE), Redwire (RDW), Spire Global (SPIR), Park Aerospace (PKE), VirTra (VTSI), Bridger Aerospace Group (BAER), Astronics (ATRO), Vertical Aerospace (EVTL), TAT Technologies (TATT), and Intuitive Machines (LUNR). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) and AerSale (NASDAQ:ASLE) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
AerSale has a net margin of 0.20% compared to Virgin Galactic's net margin of -5,301.61%. AerSale's return on equity of -0.87% beat Virgin Galactic's return on equity.
AerSale has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Galactic. AerSale is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virgin Galactic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Virgin Galactic has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AerSale has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Virgin Galactic received 132 more outperform votes than AerSale when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.89% of users gave Virgin Galactic an outperform vote while only 45.00% of users gave AerSale an outperform vote.
Virgin Galactic presently has a consensus target price of $2.26, suggesting a potential upside of 120.91%. AerSale has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 118.79%. Given Virgin Galactic's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Virgin Galactic is more favorable than AerSale.
In the previous week, Virgin Galactic had 26 more articles in the media than AerSale. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Virgin Galactic and 4 mentions for AerSale. AerSale's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Virgin Galactic's score of 0.12 indicating that AerSale is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
46.6% of Virgin Galactic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of AerSale shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Virgin Galactic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of AerSale shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
AerSale beats Virgin Galactic on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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