Satellogic (NASDAQ:SATL) versus TAT Technologies (NASDAQ:TATT) Head-To-Head Comparison

Satellogic (NASDAQ:SATL) and TAT Technologies (NASDAQ:TATT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Satellogic and TAT Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Satellogic	1	1	5	1	2.75
TAT Technologies	0	2	6	2	3.00

Satellogic presently has a consensus target price of $8.90, suggesting a potential upside of 61.52%. TAT Technologies has a consensus target price of $57.86, suggesting a potential upside of 72.76%. Given TAT Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TAT Technologies is more favorable than Satellogic.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Satellogic and TAT Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Satellogic	$31.91 million	26.55	-$4.78 million	($0.82)	-6.72
TAT Technologies	$178.01 million	2.45	$16.82 million	$1.60	20.93

TAT Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Satellogic. Satellogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TAT Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.6% of Satellogic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of TAT Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.8% of Satellogic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of TAT Technologies shares are owned by 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.

Volatility and Risk

Satellogic has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAT Technologies has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Satellogic and TAT Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Satellogic	-325.65%	303.84%	6.01%
TAT Technologies	11.26%	9.84%	7.58%

Summary

TAT Technologies beats Satellogic on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Satellogic

Satellogic Inc. operates as an integrated geospatial company in the Asia Pacific, North America, and internationally. It engages in tasking satellites with monitoring assets and keeping up with their changing reality for government and commercial customers; control satellites on top of specific areas of interest for governments; and sale and support satellites. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay.

About TAT Technologies

TAT Technologies Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides solutions and services to the commercial and military aerospace, and ground defense industries in the United States, Israel, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) of Heat Transfer Solutions and Aviation Accessories; Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) Services for Heat Transfer Components and OEM of Heat Transfer Solutions; MRO Services for Aviation Components; and Overhaul and Coating of Jet Engine Components. It designs, develops, and manufactures a range of heat transfer solutions, such as pre-cooler and oil/fuel hydraulic heat exchangers used in mechanical and electronic systems in commercial, military, and business aircraft; environmental control and power electronics cooling systems for use in aircraft and ground applications; and a range of other mechanical aircraft accessories and systems, such as pumps, valves, and turbine power units. The company provides MRO services for heat transfer components, as well as for manufacturing heat transfer solutions; and aviation components. In addition, it engages in the operation of a repair station, which provides heat transfer MRO services for airlines, air cargo carriers, maintenance service centers, and the military; and the overhaul and coating of jet engine components, including turbine vanes and blades, fan blades, variable inlet guide vanes, and afterburner flaps. The company was formerly known as Galagraph Ltd. and changed its name to TAT Technologies Ltd. in May 1992. TAT Technologies Ltd. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Netanya, Israel.