Head-To-Head Survey: Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) vs. Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC)

Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) and Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Spire Global and Franklin Covey”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spire Global	$62.38 million	5.69	$51.31 million	($2.67)	-3.40
Franklin Covey	$267.07 million	0.79	$3.07 million	$0.17	109.72

Spire Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Franklin Covey. Spire Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Covey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Spire Global and Franklin Covey’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spire Global	-145.22%	-54.03%	-30.80%
Franklin Covey	0.83%	17.37%	4.04%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Spire Global and Franklin Covey, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spire Global	1	0	5	0	2.67
Franklin Covey	1	1	2	0	2.25

Spire Global presently has a consensus target price of $17.90, indicating a potential upside of 97.40%. Franklin Covey has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 47.43%. Given Spire Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Spire Global is more favorable than Franklin Covey.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

20.0% of Spire Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Spire Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Franklin Covey shares are held 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.

Risk & Volatility

Spire Global has a beta of 2.81, meaning that its stock price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Covey has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Franklin Covey beats Spire Global on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Spire Global

Spire Global, Inc. provides subscription-based data, insights, predictive analytics, and related project-based services worldwide. The company offers satellite-based aircraft tracking data to power applications, drive decision making, and improve cost efficiencies; data, insights, and predictive analytics for highly accurate ship monitoring, real-time and near real-time vessel updates, port operations, ship safety and route optimization; and space-based data, AI-powered insights, and predictive weather analytics for accurate weather forecasting. It serves maritime, weather, aviation, and space services industries. The company was formerly known as Nanosatisfi, Inc. and changed its name to Spire Global, Inc. in July 2014. Spire Global, Inc. is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

About Franklin Covey

Franklin Covey Co. provides training and consulting services in the areas of execution, sales performance, productivity, customer loyalty, and educational improvement for organizations and individuals worldwide. The company operates through Direct Offices, International Licensees, and Education Practice segments. It also provides a suite of individual-effectiveness and leadership-development training and products. In addition, the company operates Strive platform, a learning deployment platform; Impact platform that helps automate implementation of learning initiatives; All Access Pass, a subscription platform that enables improved deployment of content, services, technology, and metrics to deliver behavioral impact at scale; and Leader in Me, which provides access to digital versions of student leadership guides, leadership lessons, illustrated leadership stories, and other resources. Franklin Covey Co. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.