Arteris (AIP) Competitors

Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) and Arteris (NASDAQ:AIP) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LUNR or AIP?

72.2% of Intuitive Machines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Arteris shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.7% of Intuitive Machines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Arteris shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, LUNR or AIP?

Intuitive Machines has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arteris has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LUNR or AIP?

Intuitive Machines received 28 more outperform votes than Arteris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 94.12% of users gave Intuitive Machines an outperform vote while only 64.52% of users gave Arteris an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intuitive Machines	Outperform Votes 48 94.12%	Underperform Votes 3 5.88%
Arteris	Outperform Votes 20 64.52%	Underperform Votes 11 35.48%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LUNR or AIP?

Intuitive Machines has higher revenue and earnings than Arteris. Arteris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuitive Machines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intuitive Machines	$203.90M	5.69	$62.80M	-$2.94	-2.81
Arteris	$57.72M	5.35	-$33.64M	-$0.87	-8.67

Do analysts rate LUNR or AIP?

Intuitive Machines presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 93.47%. Arteris has a consensus target price of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 69.10%. Given Intuitive Machines' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Intuitive Machines is more favorable than Arteris.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intuitive Machines	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Arteris	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is LUNR or AIP more profitable?

Arteris has a net margin of -58.27% compared to Intuitive Machines' net margin of -62.21%. Intuitive Machines' return on equity of 0.00% beat Arteris' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intuitive Machines	-62.21%	N/A	-6.44%
Arteris	-58.27%	-828.71%	-32.69%

Does the media favor LUNR or AIP?

In the previous week, Intuitive Machines had 38 more articles in the media than Arteris. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Intuitive Machines and 2 mentions for Arteris. Arteris' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Intuitive Machines' score of 0.46 indicating that Arteris is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Intuitive Machines	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Arteris	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Intuitive Machines beats Arteris on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.