Momentus (NASDAQ:MNTS) & Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Head-To-Head Analysis

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) and Momentus (NASDAQ:MNTS) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Northrop Grumman and Momentus”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northrop Grumman	$41.03 billion	1.99	$4.17 billion	$27.13	21.07
Momentus	$2.11 million	6.39	-$34.95 million	N/A	N/A

Northrop Grumman has higher revenue and earnings than Momentus.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Northrop Grumman and Momentus, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northrop Grumman	0	8	8	1	2.59
Momentus	0	0	0	0	0.00

Northrop Grumman presently has a consensus target price of $588.85, indicating a potential upside of 3.01%. Given Northrop Grumman’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Northrop Grumman is more favorable than Momentus.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

83.4% of Northrop Grumman shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of Momentus shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Northrop Grumman shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Momentus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Northrop Grumman and Momentus’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northrop Grumman	9.74%	25.52%	7.89%
Momentus	-3,562.32%	N/A	-286.72%

Risk and Volatility

Northrop Grumman has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Momentus has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Northrop Grumman beats Momentus on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense technology company in the United States, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and internationally. The company’s Aeronautics Systems segment designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, and sustains aircraft systems. This segment also offers unmanned autonomous aircraft systems, including high-altitude long-endurance strategic ISR systems and vertical take-off and landing tactical ISR systems; and strategic long-range strike aircraft, tactical fighter and air dominance aircraft, and airborne battle management and command and control systems. Its Defense Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces tactical weapons and missile defense solutions, and provides sustainment, modernization, and training services for manned and unmanned aircraft and electronics systems. It also offers integrated, all-domain command, and control battle management systems, precision strike weapons; high speed air-breathing and hypersonic systems; high-performance gun systems, ammunition, precision munitions and advanced fuzes; aircraft and mission systems logistics support, sustainment, operations and modernization; and warfighter training services. The company’s Mission Systems segment offers command, control, communications and computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; advanced communications and network systems; cyber solutions; intelligence processing systems; navigation; and maritime power, propulsion, and payload launch systems. Its Space Systems segment offers satellites, spacecraft systems, subsystems, sensors, and payloads; ground systems; missile defense systems and interceptors; launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; and strategic missiles. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.

About Momentus

Momentus Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a commercial space company. The company focuses on providing in-space infrastructure services, including in-space transportation, hosted payloads, and in-orbit services. Its principal and target customers include satellite operators. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.