Head-To-Head Analysis: Vertical Aerospace (NYSE:EVTL) & StandardAero (NYSE:SARO)

Vertical Aerospace (NYSE:EVTL) and StandardAero (NYSE:SARO) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

81.2% of Vertical Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.8% of Vertical Aerospace shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Vertical Aerospace and StandardAero, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vertical Aerospace	1	1	6	0	2.63
StandardAero	0	4	6	1	2.73

Vertical Aerospace currently has a consensus target price of $10.43, indicating a potential upside of 101.64%. StandardAero has a consensus target price of $34.36, indicating a potential upside of 25.83%. Given Vertical Aerospace’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vertical Aerospace is more favorable than StandardAero.

Profitability

This table compares Vertical Aerospace and StandardAero’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vertical Aerospace	N/A	N/A	-640.47%
StandardAero	2.37%	8.87%	2.98%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vertical Aerospace and StandardAero”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vertical Aerospace	N/A	N/A	-$998.35 million	($50.52)	-0.10
StandardAero	$5.24 billion	1.74	$10.97 million	$0.41	66.61

StandardAero has higher revenue and earnings than Vertical Aerospace. Vertical Aerospace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StandardAero, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

StandardAero beats Vertical Aerospace on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vertical Aerospace

Vertical Aerospace Ltd., an aerospace and technology company, engages in designing, manufacturing, and selling zero operating emission electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for use in the advanced air mobility in the United Kingdom. It offers VX4, an eVTOL aircraft. Vertical Aerospace Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

About StandardAero

StandardAero, Inc. provides aerospace engine aftermarket services for fixed and rotary wing aircraft in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Rest of Europe, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Engine Services and Component Repair Services. The Engine Services segment provides a suite of aftermarket services, including maintenance, repair and overhaul, on-wing and field service support, asset management, and engineering and related solutions to customers in the commercial aerospace, military and helicopter, and business aviation end markets. The Component Repair Services segment offers engine component and accessory repairs to the commercial aerospace, military and helicopter, land and marine, and oil and gas end markets. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.