Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) and VCI Global (NASDAQ:VCIG) Financial Survey

VCI Global (NASDAQ:VCIGGet Free Report) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PLGet Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for VCI Global and Planet Labs PBC, as reported by MarketBeat.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
VCI Global 1 0 0 0 1.00
Planet Labs PBC 2 4 6 0 2.33

Planet Labs PBC has a consensus target price of $35.36, suggesting a potential upside of 43.77%. Given Planet Labs PBC’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Planet Labs PBC is more favorable than VCI Global.

Profitability

This table compares VCI Global and Planet Labs PBC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VCI Global N/A N/A N/A
Planet Labs PBC -111.17% -105.29% -35.54%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares VCI Global and Planet Labs PBC”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
VCI Global $26.09 million 0.02 -$30.26 million N/A N/A
Planet Labs PBC $307.73 million 28.48 -$246.86 million ($1.14) -21.57

VCI Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Planet Labs PBC.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.2% of VCI Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

VCI Global has a beta of 7.87, suggesting that its stock price is 687% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Planet Labs PBC beats VCI Global on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About VCI Global

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VCI Global Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides business and technology consulting services in Malaysia. The company offers business strategy consultancy services, including listing solutions, investors relations, and boardroom strategies consultancy. It also provides technology consultancy services and solutions, such as digital development, fintech solution, and software solutions. In addition, the company engages in corporate and business advisory services in corporate finance, corporate structuring and restructuring, equity investment, and merger and acquisition; listings on recognized stock exchanges; fintech advisory; technology development; and computer software programming. Further, it is involved in provision of artificial intelligence; image processing; communication; networking and process control software services; money lending services; education and training services; real estate management consultancy services; and leasing and operational management of resort properties. The company serves its products to small-medium enterprises and government-linked agencies, as well as to publicly traded conglomerates across various industries. VCI Global Limited was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

About Planet Labs PBC

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Planet Labs PBC engages in the design, construction, and launch constellations of satellites with the intent of providing high cadence geospatial data delivered to customers through an online platform worldwide. The company’s platform offers planet monitoring, basemap, tasking, apps, and application programming interfaces, as well as analytics and planetary variables. It serves agriculture, mapping, energy, forestry, finance and insurance companies, and government agencies. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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