Financial Analysis: Satellogic (SATL) vs. Its Rivals

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

Profitability

This table compares Satellogic and its peers’ 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	-305.52%	-31.45%	-4.73%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.6% of Satellogic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by institutional investors. 38.8% of Satellogic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Satellogic	$17.71 million	-$4.78 million	-5.85
Satellogic Competitors	$8.46 billion	$573.01 million	26.40

Satellogic’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Satellogic. Satellogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Satellogic and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Satellogic	1	1	5	1	2.75
Satellogic Competitors	2078	8048	12381	542	2.49

Satellogic currently has a consensus target price of $8.90, suggesting a potential upside of 85.61%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 33.66%. Given Satellogic’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Satellogic is more favorable than its peers.

Volatility and Risk

Satellogic has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Satellogic’s peers have a beta of 1.28, meaning that their average stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Satellogic beats its peers 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.