Critical Comparison: Satellogic (SATL) & Its Peers

Satellogic (NASDAQ:SATL) is one of 230 publicly-traded companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Satellogic to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Satellogic and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Satellogic	$31.91 million	-$4.78 million	-5.77
Satellogic Competitors	$8.46 billion	$576.73 million	26.67

Satellogic’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Satellogic. Satellogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Satellogic and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Satellogic	1	1	5	1	2.75
Satellogic Competitors	2071	8032	12364	539	2.49

Satellogic currently has a consensus price target of $8.90, indicating a potential upside of 88.16%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 30.94%. Given Satellogic’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Satellogic is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Satellogic and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Satellogic	-325.65%	303.84%	6.01%
Satellogic Competitors	-305.55%	-31.46%	-4.73%

Volatility & Risk

Satellogic has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Satellogic’s competitors have a beta of 1.28, indicating that their average share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

17.6% of Satellogic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 38.8% of Satellogic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Satellogic beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Satellogic

Satellogic Inc. operates as an integrated geospatial company in the Asia Pacific, North America, and internationally. It engages in tasking satellites with monitoring assets and keeping up with their changing reality for government and commercial customers; control satellites on top of specific areas of interest for governments; and sale and support satellites. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay.