Spire Global (SPIR) versus Its Peers Head-To-Head Contrast

Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) is one of 203 publicly-traded companies in the “Professional Services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Spire Global to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Spire Global and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spire Global	-145.22%	-54.03%	-30.80%
Spire Global Competitors	-0.13%	35.53%	4.39%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

20.0% of Spire Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Spire Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Spire Global has a beta of 3.19, suggesting that its stock price is 219% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spire Global’s peers have a beta of 0.97, suggesting that their average stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Spire Global and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spire Global	$62.38 million	$51.31 million	-3.12
Spire Global Competitors	$3.39 billion	$228.38 million	33.39

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Spire Global and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spire Global	1	0	5	0	2.67
Spire Global Competitors	1590	6466	9179	431	2.48

Spire Global presently has a consensus price target of $17.90, suggesting a potential upside of 114.89%. As a group, “Professional Services” companies have a potential upside of 27.04%. Given Spire Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Spire Global is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

Spire Global peers beat Spire Global on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

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.