Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB – Get Free Report) and Satellogic (NASDAQ:SATL – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Volatility & Risk
Rocket Lab has a beta of 2.6, suggesting that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Satellogic has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
71.8% of Rocket Lab shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Satellogic shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Rocket Lab shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.8% of Satellogic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Rocket Lab | 1 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2.87 |
| Satellogic | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2.75 |
Rocket Lab presently has a consensus target price of $108.83, indicating a potential upside of 75.65%. Satellogic has a consensus target price of $8.90, indicating a potential upside of 89.36%. Given Satellogic’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Satellogic is more favorable than Rocket Lab.
Profitability
This table compares Rocket Lab and Satellogic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Rocket Lab | -21.51% | -6.48% | -4.92% |
| Satellogic | -325.65% | 303.84% | 6.01% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Rocket Lab and Satellogic”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Rocket Lab | $601.80 million | 61.60 | -$198.21 million | ($0.27) | -229.48 |
| Satellogic | $17.71 million | 40.80 | -$4.78 million | ($0.82) | -5.73 |
Satellogic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Satellogic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rocket Lab beats Satellogic on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a space company, provides launch services and space systems solutions for the space and defense industries. The company provides launch services, spacecraft design services, spacecraft components, spacecraft manufacturing, and other spacecraft and on-orbit management solutions; and constellation management services, as well as designs and manufactures small and medium-class rockets. It also designs, manufactures, and sells Electron, a reusable orbital-class small rocket; and the Photon satellite platforms, as well as developing the Neutron 8-ton payload class launch vehicle; conducts remote launch activities; and designs and manufactures a range of components and subsystems for the Photon family of spacecraft and broader merchant spacecraft components. The company serves commercial, aerospace prime contractors, and government customers. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California.
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.
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