Comparing L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) & Satellogic (NASDAQ:SATL)

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) and Satellogic (NASDAQ:SATL) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for L3Harris Technologies and Satellogic, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
L3Harris Technologies	0	4	9	2	2.87
Satellogic	1	1	5	1	2.75

L3Harris Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $365.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.69%. Satellogic has a consensus price target of $8.90, indicating a potential upside of 55.59%. Given Satellogic’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Satellogic is more favorable than L3Harris Technologies.

Risk & Volatility

L3Harris Technologies has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Satellogic has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares L3Harris Technologies and Satellogic”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
L3Harris Technologies	$21.86 billion	2.27	$1.61 billion	$9.90	26.97
Satellogic	$17.71 million	49.66	-$4.78 million	($0.82)	-6.98

L3Harris Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Satellogic. Satellogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than L3Harris Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares L3Harris Technologies and Satellogic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
L3Harris Technologies	8.17%	10.96%	5.18%
Satellogic	-325.65%	303.84%	6.01%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

84.8% of L3Harris Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Satellogic shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of L3Harris Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.8% of Satellogic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

L3Harris Technologies beats Satellogic on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About L3Harris Technologies

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. provides mission-critical solutions for government and commercial customers worldwide. The company's Integrated Mission Systems segment provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, passive sensing and targeting, electronic attack, autonomy, power and communications, and networks and sensors, as well as advanced combat systems for air, land, and sea sectors. Its Space and Airborne Systems segment offers space payloads, sensors, and full-mission solutions; classified intelligence and cyber; mission avionics; electronic warfare systems; and mission networks systems for air traffic management operations. The company's Communication Systems segment provides broadband communications; tactical radios, software, satellite terminals, and end-to-end battlefield systems for the U.S. Department of Defense, international, federal, and state agency customers; integrated vision solutions, including helmet-mounted integrated night vision goggles with leading-edge image intensifier tubes and weapon-mounted sights, aiming lasers, and range finders; and public safety radios, and system applications and equipment. Its Aerojet Rocketdyne segment provides propulsion technologies and armament systems for strategic defense, missile defense, hypersonic, and tactical systems; and space propulsion and power systems for national security, and space and exploration missions. The company was formerly known as Harris Corporation and changed its name to L3Harris Technologies, Inc. in June 2019. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1895 and is based in Melbourne, Florida.

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.