Vertical Aerospace (EVTL) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Contrast

Vertical Aerospace (NYSE:EVTL) is one of 33 public companies in the “AEROSP/DEFENSE” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Vertical Aerospace to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Vertical Aerospace has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertical Aerospace’s rivals have a beta of 1.21, meaning that their average share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Vertical Aerospace and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vertical Aerospace	1	1	6	0	2.63
Vertical Aerospace Competitors	403	2171	3394	123	2.53

Vertical Aerospace presently has a consensus target price of $10.4286, indicating a potential upside of 100.32%. As a group, “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies have a potential upside of 2.55%. Given Vertical Aerospace’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vertical Aerospace is more favorable than its rivals.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

81.2% of Vertical Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of shares of all “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies are held by institutional investors. 74.8% of Vertical Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of shares of all “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies are held 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Vertical Aerospace and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vertical Aerospace	N/A	-$998.35 million	-0.10
Vertical Aerospace Competitors	$18.81 billion	$730.78 million	10.75

Vertical Aerospace’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Vertical Aerospace. Vertical Aerospace 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 Vertical Aerospace and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vertical Aerospace	N/A	N/A	-640.47%
Vertical Aerospace Competitors	-957.17%	-50.06%	-10.72%

Summary

Vertical Aerospace beats its rivals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Vertical Aerospace Company Profile

Vertical Aerospace Ltd., an aerospace and technology company, engages in designing, manufacturing, and selling zero operating emission electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for use in the advanced air mobility in the United Kingdom. It offers VX4, an eVTOL aircraft. Vertical Aerospace Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Bristol, the United Kingdom.