LUNR vs. DRS, NXT, NN, IPAX, CODA, MIND, NOC, GRMN, LHX, and TDY
Should you be buying Intuitive Machines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intuitive Machines include Leonardo DRS (DRS), Nextracker (NXT), NextNav (NN), Inflection Point Acquisition (IPAX), Coda Octopus Group (CODA), MIND Technology (MIND), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Garmin (GRMN), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), and Teledyne Technologies (TDY). These companies are all part of the "search & navigation equipment" industry.
Intuitive Machines vs.
Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) and Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Leonardo DRS has higher revenue and earnings than Intuitive Machines. Intuitive Machines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leonardo DRS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intuitive Machines received 24 more outperform votes than Leonardo DRS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Intuitive Machines an outperform vote while only 78.26% of users gave Leonardo DRS an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Intuitive Machines had 10 more articles in the media than Leonardo DRS. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Intuitive Machines and 2 mentions for Leonardo DRS. Intuitive Machines' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Leonardo DRS's score of 0.53 indicating that Intuitive Machines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Leonardo DRS has a net margin of 6.23% compared to Intuitive Machines' net margin of -62.21%. Leonardo DRS's return on equity of 9.71% beat Intuitive Machines' return on equity.
Intuitive Machines currently has a consensus price target of $14.10, indicating a potential downside of 35.59%. Leonardo DRS has a consensus price target of $32.17, indicating a potential downside of 2.17%. Given Leonardo DRS's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Leonardo DRS is more favorable than Intuitive Machines.
72.2% of Intuitive Machines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by institutional investors. 73.7% of Intuitive Machines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Intuitive Machines has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leonardo DRS has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
Intuitive Machines and Leonardo DRS tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LUNR) was last updated on 1/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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