Financial Comparison: Satellogic (SATL) & The Competition

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

Profitability

This table compares Satellogic and its rivals’ 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	-305.52%	-31.45%	-4.73%

Volatility and Risk

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

17.6% of Satellogic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 38.8% of Satellogic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Satellogic	$17.71 million	-$4.78 million	-5.84
Satellogic Competitors	$8.40 billion	$573.01 million	26.22

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Satellogic and its rivals, 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	2082	8053	12386	542	2.49

Satellogic currently has a consensus target price of $8.90, suggesting a potential upside of 85.80%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 33.69%. Given Satellogic’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Satellogic is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

Satellogic beats its rivals 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.