Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) vs. Sidus Space (NASDAQ:SIDU) Head to Head Contrast

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) and Sidus Space (NASDAQ:SIDU) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Huntington Ingalls Industries and Sidus Space, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Huntington Ingalls Industries	1	6	3	0	2.20
Sidus Space	0	0	0	0	0.00

Huntington Ingalls Industries currently has a consensus target price of $267.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.38%. Given Huntington Ingalls Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Huntington Ingalls Industries is more favorable than Sidus Space.

Profitability

This table compares Huntington Ingalls Industries and Sidus Space’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Huntington Ingalls Industries	4.54%	11.34%	4.43%
Sidus Space	-515.33%	-129.29%	-69.46%

Volatility & Risk

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sidus Space has a beta of -1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 235% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Huntington Ingalls Industries and Sidus Space”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Huntington Ingalls Industries	$11.54 billion	0.94	$550.00 million	$13.36	20.68
Sidus Space	$4.67 million	6.76	-$17.52 million	($1.98)	-0.63

Huntington Ingalls Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Sidus Space. Sidus Space is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntington Ingalls Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

90.5% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of Sidus Space shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Sidus Space shares are owned 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

Huntington Ingalls Industries beats Sidus Space on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Huntington Ingalls Industries

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. designs, builds, overhauls, and repairs military ships in the United States. It operates through three segments: Ingalls, Newport News, and Mission Technologies. The company is involved in the design and construction of non-nuclear ships comprising amphibious assault ships; expeditionary warfare ships; surface combatants; and national security cutters for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. It also provides nuclear-powered ships, such as aircraft carriers and submarines, as well as refueling and overhaul, and inactivation services of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. In addition, the company offers naval nuclear support services, including fleet services comprising design, construction, maintenance, and disposal activities for in-service the U.S. Navy nuclear ships; and maintenance services on nuclear reactor prototypes. Further, the company provides C5ISR systems and operations; application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to battlefield decisions; defensive and offensive cyberspace strategies and electronic warfare; live, virtual, and constructive solutions; unmanned, autonomous systems; and fleet sustainment; and critical nuclear operations. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Newport News, Virginia.

About Sidus Space

Sidus Space, Inc., a space-as-a-service company, engages in the design, manufacture, launch, and data collection of commercial satellite worldwide. Its space services include satellite/space hardware manufacturing; Low Earth Orbit (LEO) launch and deployment services; and space-based geospatial intel, imagery, and data analytics. The company also provides platforms, such as External Flight Test Platform (EFTP) which offers multiple industries to develop, test, and fly experiments, hardware, materials, and advanced electronics on the ISS at a reduced cost and schedule; LizzieSat; Space Station Integrated Kinetic Launcher for Orbital Payload Systems; and Phoenix Deployer. In addition, it offers aerospace and defense manufacturing services, including 3D printing; mechanical/electrical assembly and test; design engineering; and program management comprising of supply chain management, customer requirement compliance, logistics and configuration management, resource and budget control, and schedule. It serves commercial space, aerospace, and defense industries, as well as government and commercial customers. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Merritt Island, Florida. Sidus Space, Inc. is a subsidiary of Craig Technical Consulting, Inc.