Financial Analysis: Satellogic (SATL) vs. Its Peers

Satellogic (NASDAQ:SATL) is one of 230 publicly-traded companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Satellogic to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Satellogic and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Satellogic	1	1	5	1	2.75
Satellogic Competitors	2069	8024	12358	539	2.49

Satellogic currently has a consensus price target of $8.90, suggesting a potential upside of 82.75%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 43.09%. Given Satellogic’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Satellogic is more favorable than its competitors.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Satellogic and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Satellogic	$17.71 million	-$4.78 million	-5.94
Satellogic Competitors	$8.39 billion	$573.01 million	27.45

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.

Risk & Volatility

Satellogic has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Satellogic’s competitors have a beta of 1.28, suggesting that their average share price is 28% 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	-305.55%	-31.44%	-4.72%

Summary

Satellogic beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Satellogic Company Profile

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.