Satellogic (SATL) versus Its Peers Critical Review

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.6% of Satellogic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 38.8% of Satellogic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned 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.

Volatility and Risk

Satellogic has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Satellogic’s peers have a beta of 1.28, meaning that their average stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Satellogic and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Satellogic	1	1	5	1	2.75
Satellogic Competitors	2077	8044	12372	542	2.49

Satellogic currently has a consensus price target of $8.90, indicating a potential upside of 78.18%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 31.95%. Given Satellogic’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Satellogic is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Satellogic	$31.91 million	-$4.78 million	-6.09
Satellogic Competitors	$8.50 billion	$572.47 million	26.58

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

Profitability

This table compares Satellogic and its peers’ 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%

Summary

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

Satellogic Company Profile

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.