XTI Aerospace (NASDAQ:XTIA) & Vertical Aerospace (NYSE:EVTL) Head-To-Head Survey

Vertical Aerospace (NYSE:EVTL) and XTI Aerospace (NASDAQ:XTIA) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Vertical Aerospace has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XTI Aerospace has a beta of 4.81, indicating that its share price is 381% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Vertical Aerospace and XTI Aerospace, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vertical Aerospace	2	1	6	0	2.44
XTI Aerospace	1	0	0	1	2.50

Vertical Aerospace presently has a consensus target price of $10.43, suggesting a potential upside of 73.66%. Given Vertical Aerospace’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vertical Aerospace is more favorable than XTI Aerospace.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

81.2% of Vertical Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of XTI Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. 74.8% of Vertical Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of XTI Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vertical Aerospace and XTI Aerospace”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vertical Aerospace	N/A	N/A	-$998.35 million	($50.52)	-0.12
XTI Aerospace	$3.04 million	10.01	-$35.60 million	N/A	N/A

XTI Aerospace has higher revenue and earnings than Vertical Aerospace.

Profitability

This table compares Vertical Aerospace and XTI Aerospace’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vertical Aerospace	N/A	N/A	-640.47%
XTI Aerospace	-1,714.04%	-655.07%	-179.15%

About Vertical Aerospace

Vertical Aerospace Ltd., an aerospace and technology company, engages in designing, manufacturing, and selling zero operating emission electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for use in the advanced air mobility in the United Kingdom. It offers VX4, an eVTOL aircraft. Vertical Aerospace Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

About XTI Aerospace

XTI Aerospace, Inc. engages in the provision of aircraft manufacturing. It primarily focuses on the light and mid-size business aircraft market. The company was founded in April 1999 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.