Analyzing Satellogic (SATL) and The Competition

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.6% of Satellogic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 38.8% of Satellogic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Satellogic	1	1	5	1	2.75
Satellogic Competitors	2083	8068	12405	543	2.49

Satellogic presently has a consensus target price of $8.90, suggesting a potential upside of 79.80%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 33.07%. Given Satellogic’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Satellogic is more favorable than its competitors.

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	-305.53%	-31.45%	-4.72%

Volatility and Risk

Satellogic has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Satellogic’s competitors have a beta of 1.38, meaning that their average share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Satellogic and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Satellogic	$17.71 million	-$4.78 million	-6.04
Satellogic Competitors	$8.41 billion	$573.01 million	25.93

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.

Summary

Satellogic beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

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.