SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX – Get Free Report) is one of 203 publicly-traded companies in the “Diversified Telecommunication Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare SpaceX to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares SpaceX and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SpaceX | $18.67 billion | -$4.94 billion | 537.23 |
| SpaceX Competitors | $12.34 billion | $893.66 million | -168.88 |
SpaceX has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its peers. SpaceX is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
This table compares SpaceX and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SpaceX | -8.61% | -3.24% | -1.72% |
| SpaceX Competitors | -10.21% | -215.06% | -3.42% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for SpaceX and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SpaceX | 3 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 2.77 |
| SpaceX Competitors | 1762 | 5372 | 7771 | 385 | 2.44 |
SpaceX presently has a consensus price target of $243.60, suggesting a potential upside of 74.40%. As a group, “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 19.64%. Given SpaceX’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SpaceX is more favorable than its peers.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
32.8% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
SpaceX beats its peers on 9 of the 12 factors compared.
SpaceX Company Profile
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., commonly known as SpaceX, is a privately held aerospace company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk. The company develops and operates launch vehicles and spacecraft designed to reduce the cost of access to space and support commercial, government and scientific missions. SpaceX’s principal products and services include the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, the Dragon spacecraft and the Starlink satellite communications network. Falcon rockets are used to launch satellites, cargo and crew, while Dragon spacecraft support transportation to and from low Earth orbit.
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