Reviewing Vertical Aerospace (EVTL) and Its Peers

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

Risk and Volatility

Vertical Aerospace has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertical Aerospace’s competitors have a beta of 1.22, indicating that their average share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and 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, 10.0% 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Vertical Aerospace and its competitors, 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	408	2175	3402	126	2.53

Vertical Aerospace presently has a consensus target price of $10.43, suggesting a potential upside of 98.07%. As a group, “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies have a potential upside of 0.91%. Given Vertical Aerospace’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vertical Aerospace is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Vertical Aerospace and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share 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	11.33

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

Profitability

This table compares Vertical Aerospace and its competitors’ 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	-957.09%	-49.97%	-10.67%

Summary

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

About Vertical Aerospace

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.