ASTC vs. XTIA, ASTR, SIDU, AZ, SIF, AIRI, MNTS, PRZO, HOVR, and OPXS
Should you be buying Astrotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astrotech include XTI Aerospace (XTIA), Astra Space (ASTR), Sidus Space (SIDU), A2Z Smart Technologies (AZ), SIFCO Industries (SIF), Air Industries Group (AIRI), Momentus (MNTS), ParaZero Technologies (PRZO), New Horizon Aircraft (HOVR), and Optex Systems (OPXS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
XTI Aerospace (NASDAQ:XTIA) and Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
XTI Aerospace has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astrotech has a beta of -0.2, indicating that its share price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500.
XTI Aerospace has a net margin of 0.00% compared to XTI Aerospace's net margin of -550.25%. XTI Aerospace's return on equity of -26.78% beat Astrotech's return on equity.
11.7% of XTI Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Astrotech shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of XTI Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Astrotech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Astrotech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than XTI Aerospace.
XTI Aerospace received 344 more outperform votes than Astrotech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.50% of users gave XTI Aerospace an outperform vote while only 56.64% of users gave Astrotech an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Astrotech had 3 more articles in the media than XTI Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Astrotech and 2 mentions for XTI Aerospace. Astrotech's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat XTI Aerospace's score of -0.26 indicating that XTI Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Astrotech beats XTI Aerospace on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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