Comparing Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) & Momentus (NASDAQ:MNTS)

Momentus (NASDAQ:MNTS) and Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

9.2% of Momentus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Intuitive Machines shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Momentus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.8% of Intuitive Machines shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Momentus and Intuitive Machines, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Momentus	1	0	0	0	1.00
Intuitive Machines	2	3	9	1	2.60

Intuitive Machines has a consensus price target of $16.42, suggesting a potential downside of 11.55%. Given Intuitive Machines’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intuitive Machines is more favorable than Momentus.

Risk & Volatility

Momentus has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuitive Machines has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Momentus and Intuitive Machines”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Momentus	$2.11 million	8.27	-$34.95 million	($70.54)	-0.18
Intuitive Machines	$228.00 million	14.67	-$283.41 million	($2.47)	-7.51

Momentus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Intuitive Machines. Intuitive Machines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Momentus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Momentus and Intuitive Machines’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Momentus	-3,445.25%	N/A	-281.78%
Intuitive Machines	-87.58%	N/A	-7.07%

Summary

Intuitive Machines beats Momentus on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Momentus

Momentus Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a commercial space company. The company focuses on providing in-space infrastructure services, including in-space transportation, hosted payloads, and in-orbit services. Its principal and target customers include satellite operators. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.

About Intuitive Machines

Intuitive Machines, Inc. designs, manufactures, and operates space products and services in the United States. Its space systems and space infrastructure enable scientific and human exploration and utilization of lunar resources to support sustainable human presence on the moon. The company offers lunar access services, such µNova, lunar surface rover services, fixed lunar surface services, lunar orbit delivery services, rideshare delivery services to lunar orbit, as well as content sales and marketing sponsorships; and orbital services, including satellite delivery and rideshare, satellite servicing and refueling, space station servicing, satellite repositioning, and orbital debris removal. It also provides lunar data services, comprising Lunar data network, lunar south pole and far-side coverage, lunar positioning services, data relay, and data storage/caching. In addition, the company offers propulsion systems and navigation systems; engineering services contracts; lunar mobility vehicles, such as rovers and drones; power infrastructure that includes fission surface power; and human habitation systems. It serves its products to the U.S. government, commercial, and international customers. Intuitive Machines, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.