Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) Competitors

Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) and XPO (NYSE:XPO) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Do analysts prefer RKLB or XPO?

Rocket Lab USA presently has a consensus target price of $18.61, indicating a potential downside of 22.45%. XPO has a consensus target price of $149.71, indicating a potential upside of 8.63%. Given XPO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe XPO is more favorable than Rocket Lab USA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rocket Lab USA	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
XPO	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RKLB or XPO?

XPO has higher revenue and earnings than Rocket Lab USA. Rocket Lab USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPO, 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
Rocket Lab USA	$244.59M	49.05	-$182.57M	-$0.37	-64.86
XPO	$7.74B	2.07	$189M	$3.09	44.60

Is RKLB or XPO more profitable?

XPO has a net margin of 4.57% compared to Rocket Lab USA's net margin of -51.76%. XPO's return on equity of 31.16% beat Rocket Lab USA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rocket Lab USA	-51.76%	-39.47%	-16.87%
XPO	4.57%	31.16%	5.82%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RKLB or XPO?

71.8% of Rocket Lab USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of XPO shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of Rocket Lab USA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of XPO shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to RKLB or XPO?

In the previous week, Rocket Lab USA had 13 more articles in the media than XPO. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Rocket Lab USA and 19 mentions for XPO. Rocket Lab USA's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat XPO's score of 0.25 indicating that Rocket Lab USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rocket Lab USA	11 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
XPO	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RKLB or XPO?

XPO received 1128 more outperform votes than Rocket Lab USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.81% of users gave XPO an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave Rocket Lab USA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rocket Lab USA	Outperform Votes 43 53.75%	Underperform Votes 37 46.25%
XPO	Outperform Votes 1171 77.81%	Underperform Votes 334 22.19%

Which has more risk and volatility, RKLB or XPO?

Rocket Lab USA has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPO has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

XPO beats Rocket Lab USA on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.