Financial Survey: Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) and Alight (NYSE:ALIT)

Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) and Alight (NYSE:ALIT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Spire Global and Alight’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spire Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
Alight	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Spire Global and Alight”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spire Global	$62.38 million	6.00	-$104.44 million	($2.67)	-3.58
Alight	$2.23 billion	0.10	-$2.08 billion	($77.18)	-0.11

Spire Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alight. Spire Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Spire Global and Alight, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spire Global	1	0	5	0	2.67
Alight	2	3	3	0	2.12

Spire Global currently has a consensus price target of $17.90, indicating a potential upside of 87.14%. Alight has a consensus price target of $49.33, indicating a potential upside of 483.48%. Given Alight’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alight is more favorable than Spire Global.

Risk & Volatility

Spire Global has a beta of 2.81, meaning that its share price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alight has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

20.0% of Spire Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Alight shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Spire Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Alight shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Spire Global beats Alight on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Alight

Alight, Inc. provides cloud-based integrated digital human capital and business solutions worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Employer Solutions and Professional Services. The Employer Solutions segment offers employee wellbeing, integrated benefits administration, healthcare navigation, financial wellbeing, leave of absence management, retiree healthcare and payroll; and operates AI-led capabilities software. The Professional Services segment offers consulting offerings, such as cloud advisory, deployment, and optimization services for cloud platforms. The company provides Alight Worklife, an intuitive, cloud-based employee engagement platform. Its solutions enable employees to enrich their health, wealth, and wellbeing that helps organizations achieve a high-performance culture. Alight, Inc. was founded in 2020 and is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois.