Contrasting Spire Global (SPIR) and Its Competitors

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spire Global	$71.55 million	$51.31 million	-3.51
Spire Global Competitors	$3.28 billion	$228.36 million	29.89

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.

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	-0.60%	20.41%	4.31%

Volatility and Risk

Spire Global has a beta of 2.81, indicating that its share price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spire Global’s peers have a beta of 0.98, indicating that their average share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent 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	1575	6429	9160	430	2.48

Spire Global currently has a consensus price target of $17.90, suggesting a potential upside of 91.26%. As a group, “Professional Services” companies have a potential upside of 25.72%. Given Spire Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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.