Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) & Conrad Industries (OTCMKTS:CNRD) Head-To-Head Review

Conrad Industries (OTCMKTS:CNRD) and Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Conrad Industries and Intuitive Machines, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conrad Industries	0	0	0	0	0.00
Intuitive Machines	2	2	10	0	2.57

Intuitive Machines has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 63.24%. Given Intuitive Machines’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intuitive Machines is more favorable than Conrad Industries.

Risk & Volatility

Conrad Industries has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuitive Machines has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Conrad Industries and Intuitive Machines”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Conrad Industries	$303.41 million	0.41	$11.23 million	$3.02	8.18
Intuitive Machines	$218.49 million	7.83	-$283.41 million	($2.47)	-3.84

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.6% of Conrad Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Intuitive Machines shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Conrad Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.8% of Intuitive Machines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Conrad Industries and Intuitive Machines’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conrad Industries	5.30%	20.25%	11.34%
Intuitive Machines	-87.58%	N/A	-7.07%

About Conrad Industries

Conrad Industries, Inc. engages in the construction, conversion, and repair of various steel and aluminum marine vessels in the United States. The company builds harbor tugs; specialty barges, such as crane, deck, ABS class, dry bulk cargo, aggregate, and well stim barges; inland tank, LPG inland tank, LPG pressure, LPG tank, and DS tank barges; and offshore support vessels, including liftboats, crew boats, offshore supply vessels, and offshore tugs, as well as other support equipment, such as deck and crane barges. It also builds inland pushboats comprising inland towboats, inland river push boats, and towboats; and ferries, which consist of passenger, and passenger and vehicle ferries. In addition, the company offers repairs and conversions, including electrical, mechanical, propulsion, and hull repairs to large-scale conversions of ships and barges; and engages in the fabrication of modular components for offshore floating production, storage, and offloading vessels, as well as drilling rigs. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Morgan City, Louisiana.

About Intuitive Machines

Intuitive Machines, Inc. designs, manufactures, and operates space products and services in the United States. Its space systems and space infrastructure enable scientific and human exploration and utilization of lunar resources to support sustainable human presence on the moon. The company offers lunar access services, such µNova, lunar surface rover services, fixed lunar surface services, lunar orbit delivery services, rideshare delivery services to lunar orbit, as well as content sales and marketing sponsorships; and orbital services, including satellite delivery and rideshare, satellite servicing and refueling, space station servicing, satellite repositioning, and orbital debris removal. It also provides lunar data services, comprising Lunar data network, lunar south pole and far-side coverage, lunar positioning services, data relay, and data storage/caching. In addition, the company offers propulsion systems and navigation systems; engineering services contracts; lunar mobility vehicles, such as rovers and drones; power infrastructure that includes fission surface power; and human habitation systems. It serves its products to the U.S. government, commercial, and international customers. Intuitive Machines, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.