Critical Survey: XTI Aerospace (NASDAQ:XTIA) versus Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR)

Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) and XTI Aerospace (NASDAQ:XTIA) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Spire Global has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its share price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XTI Aerospace has a beta of 4.81, indicating that its share price is 381% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

20.0% of Spire Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of XTI Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of Spire Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of XTI Aerospace shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Spire Global and XTI Aerospace, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spire Global	1	1	4	0	2.50
XTI Aerospace	1	0	0	1	2.50

Spire Global presently has a consensus price target of $18.20, indicating a potential upside of 67.34%. Given Spire Global’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Spire Global is more favorable than XTI Aerospace.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Spire Global and XTI Aerospace”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spire Global	$110.45 million	3.06	-$102.82 million	($2.51)	-4.33
XTI Aerospace	$3.04 million	11.61	-$35.60 million	($39.23)	-0.04

XTI Aerospace has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spire Global. Spire Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XTI Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Spire Global and XTI Aerospace’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spire Global	-98.42%	-492.01%	-37.32%
XTI Aerospace	-1,714.04%	-655.07%	-179.15%

Summary

Spire Global beats XTI Aerospace on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Spire Global

Spire Global, Inc. provides subscription-based data, insights, predictive analytics, and related project-based services worldwide. The company offers satellite-based aircraft tracking data to power applications, drive decision making, and improve cost efficiencies; data, insights, and predictive analytics for highly accurate ship monitoring, real-time and near real-time vessel updates, port operations, ship safety and route optimization; and space-based data, AI-powered insights, and predictive weather analytics for accurate weather forecasting. It serves maritime, weather, aviation, and space services industries. The company was formerly known as Nanosatisfi, Inc. and changed its name to Spire Global, Inc. in July 2014. Spire Global, Inc. is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

About XTI Aerospace

XTI Aerospace, Inc. engages in the provision of aircraft manufacturing. It primarily focuses on the light and mid-size business aircraft market. The company was founded in April 1999 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.