Reviewing Momentus (NASDAQ:MNTS) & Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII)

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

Volatility and Risk

Momentus has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Ingalls Industries has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Momentus and Huntington Ingalls Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Momentus	-3,562.32%	N/A	-286.72%
Huntington Ingalls Industries	4.54%	11.34%	4.43%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Momentus and Huntington Ingalls Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Momentus	0	0	0	0	0.00
Huntington Ingalls Industries	1	6	3	0	2.20

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a consensus target price of $267.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.93%. Given Huntington Ingalls Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Huntington Ingalls Industries is more favorable than Momentus.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Momentus and Huntington Ingalls Industries”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Momentus	$1.92 million	4.73	-$34.95 million	N/A	N/A
Huntington Ingalls Industries	$11.54 billion	0.92	$550.00 million	$13.36	20.17

Huntington Ingalls Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Momentus.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

9.2% of Momentus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Momentus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries beats Momentus on 10 of the 12 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 Huntington Ingalls Industries

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. designs, builds, overhauls, and repairs military ships in the United States. It operates through three segments: Ingalls, Newport News, and Mission Technologies. The company is involved in the design and construction of non-nuclear ships comprising amphibious assault ships; expeditionary warfare ships; surface combatants; and national security cutters for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. It also provides nuclear-powered ships, such as aircraft carriers and submarines, as well as refueling and overhaul, and inactivation services of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. In addition, the company offers naval nuclear support services, including fleet services comprising design, construction, maintenance, and disposal activities for in-service the U.S. Navy nuclear ships; and maintenance services on nuclear reactor prototypes. Further, the company provides C5ISR systems and operations; application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to battlefield decisions; defensive and offensive cyberspace strategies and electronic warfare; live, virtual, and constructive solutions; unmanned, autonomous systems; and fleet sustainment; and critical nuclear operations. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Newport News, Virginia.