Intelsat (OTCMKTS:INTEQ) versus Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) Financial Analysis

Intelsat (OTCMKTS:INTEQ) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and risk.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intelsat	N/A	N/A	N/A
Planet Labs PBC	-34.46%	-20.09%	-14.11%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Intelsat shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Intelsat and Planet Labs PBC, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intelsat	0	0	0	0	0.00
Planet Labs PBC	0	1	9	0	2.90

Planet Labs PBC has a consensus target price of $7.56, indicating a potential downside of 16.19%. Given Intelsat’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Intelsat is more favorable than Planet Labs PBC.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Intelsat and Planet Labs PBC”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intelsat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Planet Labs PBC	$244.35 million	11.20	-$123.20 million	($0.36)	-25.06

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

Summary

Planet Labs PBC beats Intelsat on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Intelsat

Intelsat SA provides satellite services business, which provides a layer in the global communications infrastructure. It offers communication services to media companies, fixed and wireless telecommunications operators, data networking service providers for enterprise and mobile applications, multinational corporations and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The company also provides commercial satellite capacity to the U.S. government and other select military organizations and their contractors. Intelsat was founded on August 20, 1964 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

About Planet Labs PBC

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.