Intuitive Machines (LUNR) & Its Competitors Head to Head Contrast

Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) is one of 229 publicly-traded companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Intuitive Machines to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Intuitive Machines and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intuitive Machines	2	1	7	0	2.50
Intuitive Machines Competitors	2162	8279	12804	581	2.50

Intuitive Machines currently has a consensus target price of $29.75, suggesting a potential upside of 116.99%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 28.39%. Given Intuitive Machines’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Intuitive Machines is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Intuitive Machines and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intuitive Machines	-26.64%	N/A	-5.00%
Intuitive Machines Competitors	-347.37%	-49.10%	-4.38%

Risk and Volatility

Intuitive Machines has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuitive Machines’ rivals have a beta of 1.31, suggesting that their average share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

72.2% of Intuitive Machines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 54.1% of Intuitive Machines shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Intuitive Machines and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intuitive Machines	$481.34 million	-$83.29 million	-14.43
Intuitive Machines Competitors	$8.47 billion	$569.01 million	22.06

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

Summary

Intuitive Machines beats its rivals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Intuitive Machines

Intuitive Machines is a space exploration and infrastructure company headquartered in Houston, Texas. It develops and operates lunar landers and provides services intended to support missions to the Moon and other space destinations. The company’s offerings include lunar payload delivery, spacecraft and mission operations, and communications and data services. Its Nova-C lunar lander is designed to carry scientific instruments and other customer payloads to the lunar surface, including through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.