Financial Survey: Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) versus XTI Aerospace (NASDAQ:XTIA)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Spire Global and XTI Aerospace, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spire Global	1	1	4	0	2.50
XTI Aerospace	1	0	0	1	2.50

Spire Global currently has a consensus price target of $18.20, suggesting a potential upside of 52.95%. Given Spire Global’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Spire Global is more favorable than XTI Aerospace.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Spire Global and XTI Aerospace”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spire Global	$99.50 million	3.72	-$102.82 million	($3.48)	-3.42
XTI Aerospace	$3.20 million	9.30	-$35.60 million	N/A	N/A

XTI Aerospace has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spire Global.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

20.0% of Spire Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of XTI Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. 14.7% of Spire Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of XTI Aerospace shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Spire Global has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its share price is 141% 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spire Global	-98.42%	-492.01%	-37.32%
XTI Aerospace	-1,714.04%	-655.07%	-179.15%

Summary

Spire Global beats XTI Aerospace on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Spire Global

Spire Global, Inc. provides subscription-based data, insights, predictive analytics, and related project-based services worldwide. The company offers satellite-based aircraft tracking data to power applications, drive decision making, and improve cost efficiencies; data, insights, and predictive analytics for highly accurate ship monitoring, real-time and near real-time vessel updates, port operations, ship safety and route optimization; and space-based data, AI-powered insights, and predictive weather analytics for accurate weather forecasting. It serves maritime, weather, aviation, and space services industries. The company was formerly known as Nanosatisfi, Inc. and changed its name to Spire Global, Inc. in July 2014. Spire Global, Inc. is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

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.