SPCE vs. ASC, CLCO, SB, PANL, PAMT, BLDE, PAL, FLYX, ESEA, and DSX
Should you be buying Virgin Galactic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virgin Galactic include Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Cool (CLCO), Safe Bulkers (SB), Pangaea Logistics Solutions (PANL), Pamt (PAMT), Blade Air Mobility (BLDE), Proficient Auto Logistics (PAL), flyExclusive (FLYX), Euroseas (ESEA), and Diana Shipping (DSX). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Virgin Galactic vs.
Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) and Ardmore Shipping (NYSE:ASC) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Ardmore Shipping had 9 more articles in the media than Virgin Galactic. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ardmore Shipping and 4 mentions for Virgin Galactic. Ardmore Shipping's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Virgin Galactic's score of -0.21 indicating that Ardmore Shipping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ardmore Shipping has a net margin of 32.78% compared to Virgin Galactic's net margin of -3,975.27%. Ardmore Shipping's return on equity of 20.48% beat Virgin Galactic's return on equity.
Virgin Galactic currently has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 500.71%. Ardmore Shipping has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 79.35%. Given Virgin Galactic's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Virgin Galactic is more favorable than Ardmore Shipping.
46.6% of Virgin Galactic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Ardmore Shipping shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Virgin Galactic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Virgin Galactic has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ardmore Shipping has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ardmore Shipping has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ardmore Shipping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ardmore Shipping received 303 more outperform votes than Virgin Galactic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.80% of users gave Virgin Galactic an outperform vote while only 63.70% of users gave Ardmore Shipping an outperform vote.
Summary
Ardmore Shipping beats Virgin Galactic on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SPCE) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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