XTI Aerospace (XTIA) Competitors

XTI Aerospace (NASDAQ:XTIA) and Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Does the media refer more to XTIA or ASTC?

In the previous week, Astrotech had 5 more articles in the media than XTI Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 7 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 media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XTI Aerospace	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Astrotech	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, XTIA or ASTC?

XTI Aerospace has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astrotech has a beta of -0.2, meaning that its share price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate XTIA or ASTC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XTI Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Astrotech	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher valuation & earnings, XTIA or ASTC?

Astrotech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than XTI Aerospace.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
XTI Aerospace	$4.56M	3.59	-$45.95M	N/A	N/A
Astrotech	$750K	21.56	-$9.64M	-$6.76	-1.41

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in XTIA or ASTC?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XTI Aerospace	Outperform Votes 472 72.50%	Underperform Votes 179 27.50%
Astrotech	Outperform Votes 128 56.64%	Underperform Votes 98 43.36%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of XTIA or ASTC?

11.7% of XTI Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Astrotech shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of XTI Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Astrotech shares are held by company 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.

Is XTIA or ASTC more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XTI Aerospace	N/A	-425.29%	-103.98%
Astrotech	-550.25%	-26.02%	-24.48%

Summary

Astrotech beats XTI Aerospace on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.