Satellogic (NASDAQ:SATL – Get Free Report) and Ducommun (NYSE:DCO – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
17.6% of Satellogic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Ducommun shares are held by institutional investors. 38.8% of Satellogic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Ducommun shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Satellogic and Ducommun, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Satellogic | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3.00 |
| Ducommun | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.57 |
Volatility & Risk
Satellogic has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ducommun has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Satellogic and Ducommun’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Satellogic | -443.06% | -100.03% | 18.60% |
| Ducommun | -4.11% | 8.41% | 4.75% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Satellogic and Ducommun”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Satellogic | $17.71 million | 35.94 | -$4.78 million | ($0.75) | -5.73 |
| Ducommun | $824.73 million | 3.43 | -$37.35 million | ($2.36) | -79.32 |
Satellogic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ducommun. Ducommun is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Satellogic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Satellogic beats Ducommun on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Ducommun
Ducommun Incorporated provides engineering and manufacturing services for products and applications used primarily in the aerospace and defense, industrial, medical, and other industries in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Electronic Systems and Structural Systems. The Electronic Systems segment provides cable assemblies and interconnect systems; printed circuit board assemblies; electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical components and assemblies, as well as lightning diversion systems; and radar enclosures, aircraft avionics racks, shipboard communications and control enclosures, printed circuit board assemblies, cable assemblies, wire harnesses, interconnect systems, lightning diversion strips, surge suppressors, conformal shields, and other assemblies. The segment also supplies engineered products, including illuminated pushbutton switches and panels for aviation and test systems; microwave and millimeter switches and filters for radio frequency systems and test instrumentation; and motors and resolvers for motion control. In addition, this segment provides engineering expertise for aerospace system design, development, integration, and testing. The Structural Systems segment designs, engineers, and manufactures contoured aluminum, titanium, and Inconel aero structure components; structural assembly products, such as winglets, engine components, and fuselage structural panels; aerodynamic systems; and metal and composite bonded structures and assemblies comprising aircraft wing spoilers, large fuselage skins, rotor blades on rotary-wing aircraft and components, flight control surfaces, engine components, ammunition handling systems, and magnetic seals. It serves commercial aircraft, military fixed-wing aircraft, military and commercial rotary-wing aircraft, and space programs, as well as industrial, medical, and other end-use markets. The company was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.
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