Satellogic (SATL) vs. Its Competitors Critical Analysis

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

Profitability

This table compares Satellogic and its competitors’ 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	-305.53%	-31.45%	-4.72%

Institutional & 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Satellogic and its competitors, 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	2086	8072	12410	555	2.49

Satellogic presently has a consensus price target of $8.90, suggesting a potential upside of 61.52%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 32.13%. Given Satellogic’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Satellogic is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Satellogic and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Satellogic	$17.71 million	-$4.78 million	-6.72
Satellogic Competitors	$8.53 billion	$573.01 million	25.74

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Summary

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

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.