Redwire (NYSE:RDW – Get Free Report) and Satellogic (NASDAQ:SATL – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.
Risk & Volatility
Redwire has a beta of 3.08, suggesting that its share price is 208% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Satellogic has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Redwire and Satellogic”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Redwire | $426.27 million | 6.23 | -$226.55 million | ($1.46) | -7.28 |
| Satellogic | $31.91 million | 23.08 | -$4.78 million | ($0.82) | -5.84 |
Satellogic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Redwire. Redwire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Satellogic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Redwire and Satellogic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Redwire | -57.26% | -11.02% | -8.17% |
| Satellogic | -325.65% | 303.84% | 6.01% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
8.1% of Redwire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Satellogic shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Redwire shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.8% of Satellogic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Redwire and Satellogic, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Redwire | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2.45 |
| Satellogic | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2.75 |
Redwire currently has a consensus price target of $14.69, indicating a potential upside of 38.24%. Satellogic has a consensus price target of $8.90, indicating a potential upside of 85.80%. Given Satellogic’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Satellogic is more favorable than Redwire.
Summary
Satellogic beats Redwire on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Redwire
Redwire Corporation provides critical space solutions and space infrastructure for government and commercial customers in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company provides avionics and sensors including star trackers, sun sensors, critical for navigation, and control of spacecraft; camera systems; solar array solutions for spacecraft spanning the spectrum of size, power needs, and orbital location; and strain composite booms, coilable booms, truss structures, telescope baffles, and deployable booms to position sensors or solar arrays away from the spacecraft. It offers software suite that enables digital engineering and generation of high-fidelity, interactive modeling and simulations of individual components, entire spacecraft, and full constellations in a cloud-based environment. In addition, the company microgravity payloads, radio frequency systems, antennas, star trackers, platforms, and in-space manufacturing and biotech facilities. Redwire Corporation is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
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.
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