Head-To-Head Review: Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) and Intelsat (OTCMKTS:INTEQ)

Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) and Intelsat (OTCMKTS:INTEQ) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Planet Labs PBC and Intelsat, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Planet Labs PBC	0	1	9	0	2.90
Intelsat	0	0	0	0	0.00

Planet Labs PBC presently has a consensus target price of $8.56, suggesting a potential downside of 42.45%. Given Intelsat’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intelsat is more favorable than Planet Labs PBC.

Profitability

This table compares Planet Labs PBC and Intelsat’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Planet Labs PBC	-34.46%	-20.25%	-13.81%
Intelsat	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Planet Labs PBC and Intelsat”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Planet Labs PBC	$244.35 million	18.74	-$123.20 million	($0.30)	-49.58
Intelsat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Intelsat has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Planet Labs PBC.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Intelsat shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Planet Labs PBC beats Intelsat on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Planet Labs PBC

Planet Labs PBC engages in the design, construction, and launch constellations of satellites with the intent of providing high cadence geospatial data delivered to customers through an online platform worldwide. The company’s platform offers planet monitoring, basemap, tasking, apps, and application programming interfaces, as well as analytics and planetary variables. It serves agriculture, mapping, energy, forestry, finance and insurance companies, and government agencies. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Intelsat

Intelsat SA provides satellite services business, which provides a layer in the global communications infrastructure. It offers communication services to media companies, fixed and wireless telecommunications operators, data networking service providers for enterprise and mobile applications, multinational corporations and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The company also provides commercial satellite capacity to the U.S. government and other select military organizations and their contractors. Intelsat was founded on August 20, 1964 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.