ASTC vs. XTIA, ASTR, SIDU, AZ, SIF, AIRI, MNTS, PRZO, HOVR, and OPXS
Should you be buying Astrotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astrotech include XTI Aerospace (XTIA), Astra Space (ASTR), Sidus Space (SIDU), A2Z Smart Technologies (AZ), SIFCO Industries (SIF), Air Industries Group (AIRI), Momentus (MNTS), ParaZero Technologies (PRZO), New Horizon Aircraft (HOVR), and Optex Systems (OPXS). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.
Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC) and XTI Aerospace (NASDAQ:XTIA) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Astrotech had 6 more articles in the media than XTI Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Astrotech and 2 mentions for XTI Aerospace. XTI Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Astrotech's score of 0.43 indicating that XTI Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Astrotech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than XTI Aerospace.
24.4% of Astrotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of XTI Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Astrotech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of XTI Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
XTI Aerospace has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Astrotech's net margin of -550.25%. Astrotech's return on equity of -26.02% beat XTI Aerospace's return on equity.
Astrotech has a beta of -0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XTI Aerospace has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
XTI Aerospace received 344 more outperform votes than Astrotech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.50% of users gave XTI Aerospace an outperform vote while only 56.64% of users gave Astrotech an outperform vote.
Summary
Astrotech beats XTI Aerospace on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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