Head-To-Head Contrast: Virgin Orbit (VORB) & Its Peers

Virgin Orbit (NASDAQ:VORB – Get Rating) is one of 17 publicly-traded companies in the “Search & navigation equipment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Virgin Orbit to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Virgin Orbit and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

Virgin Orbit presently has a consensus price target of $13.67, indicating a potential upside of 409.95%. As a group, “Search & navigation equipment” companies have a potential upside of 11.36%. Given Virgin Orbit’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Virgin Orbit is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Virgin Orbit and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Virgin Orbit’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Orbit. Virgin Orbit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Virgin Orbit and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Risk and Volatility

Virgin Orbit has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virgin Orbit’s rivals have a beta of 1.02, suggesting that their average stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

11.4% of Virgin Orbit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of shares of all “Search & navigation equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Virgin Orbit shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of shares of all “Search & navigation equipment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Virgin Orbit rivals beat Virgin Orbit on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Virgin Orbit Company Profile

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Virgin Orbit Holdings, Inc., a vertically integrated aerospace company, designs and develops commercial space orbital air pad launch solutions for small satellites across government, research, and education industries. It offers launch services for national security and defense; rideshare satellite launch services; civil spaceports; and space solutions. The company is headquartered in Long Beach, California.

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