ASTS vs. ATRO, HAYN, MYPS, BYRN, SLAM, ISSC, GNSS, DNMR, LTCH, and WRAP
Should you be buying AST SpaceMobile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AST SpaceMobile include Astronics (ATRO), Haynes International (HAYN), PLAYSTUDIOS (MYPS), Byrna Technologies (BYRN), Slam (SLAM), Innovative Solutions and Support (ISSC), Genasys (GNSS), Danimer Scientific (DNMR), Latch (LTCH), and Wrap Technologies (WRAP).
AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) and Astronics (NASDAQ:ATRO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Astronics received 388 more outperform votes than AST SpaceMobile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.73% of users gave Astronics an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave AST SpaceMobile an outperform vote.
AST SpaceMobile has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Astronics' net margin of -3.51%. Astronics' return on equity of -5.93% beat AST SpaceMobile's return on equity.
Astronics has higher revenue and earnings than AST SpaceMobile. Astronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AST SpaceMobile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AST SpaceMobile has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astronics has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AST SpaceMobile currently has a consensus price target of $11.13, indicating a potential upside of 397.02%. Astronics has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.58%. Given AST SpaceMobile's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AST SpaceMobile is more favorable than Astronics.
61.0% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of Astronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.6% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Astronics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AST SpaceMobile had 5 more articles in the media than Astronics. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for AST SpaceMobile and 5 mentions for Astronics. Astronics' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat AST SpaceMobile's score of 0.12 indicating that Astronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
AST SpaceMobile and Astronics tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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