Financial Analysis: Satellogic (SATL) versus Its Competitors

Satellogic (NASDAQ:SATL) is one of 229 public companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Satellogic to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Satellogic has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Satellogic’s competitors have a beta of 1.38, meaning that their average share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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	-305.54%	-31.46%	-4.72%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.6% of Satellogic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 38.8% of Satellogic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

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	-7.52
Satellogic Competitors	$8.46 billion	$577.91 million	25.57

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Satellogic and its competitors, 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	2096	8083	12429	558	2.49

Satellogic currently has a consensus target price of $8.90, indicating a potential upside of 44.25%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 32.83%. Given Satellogic’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Satellogic is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Satellogic beats its competitors on 7 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.