Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC – Get Free Report) and Moog (NYSE:MOG.A – Get Free Report) are both aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Astrotech and Moog”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Astrotech | $1.05 million | 12.96 | -$13.85 million | ($8.41) | -0.90 |
| Moog | $3.86 billion | 3.35 | $235.03 million | $8.89 | 45.90 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Astrotech and Moog, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Astrotech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Moog | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.33 |
Moog has a consensus price target of $485.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.86%. Given Moog’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Moog is more favorable than Astrotech.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
24.4% of Astrotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Moog shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Astrotech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Moog shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Astrotech has a beta of 4.77, indicating that its stock price is 377% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moog has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Astrotech and Moog’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Astrotech | -1,397.82% | -81.85% | -65.46% |
| Moog | 6.83% | 16.11% | 7.15% |
Summary
Moog beats Astrotech on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Astrotech
Astrotech Corporation operates as a mass spectrometry company worldwide. It owns and licenses the intellectual property related to the Astrotech Mass Spectrometer Technology, a platform mass spectrometry technology. The company also develops TRACER 1000, a mass spectrometer-based explosive trace detector to replace the explosives trace detectors used at airports, cargo and other secured facilities, and borders. In addition, it develops AgLAB-1000, a mass spectrometer for use in the hemp and cannabis market. Further, the company develops BreathTest-1000, a breath analysis tool to screen for volatile organic compound metabolites found in a person's breath. The company was formerly known as SPACEHAB, Inc. and changed its name to Astrotech Corporation in 2009. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Austin, Texas.
About Moog
Moog Inc. designs, manufactures, and integrates precision motion and fluid controls and controls systems for original equipment manufacturers and end users in the aerospace, defense, and industrial markets worldwide. The company's Aircrafts Controls segment offers primary and secondary flight controls for military and commercial aircrafts; aftermarket support services; and ground-based navigation aids. Its Space and Defense Controls segment provides controls for satellites, space vehicles, launch vehicles, armored combat vehicles, tactical and strategic missiles, security and surveillance, and other defense applications; and gun aiming, stabilization, and automatic ammunition loading for armored combat vehicles. This segment also offers controls for steering tactical and strategic missiles, and naval surface ships and submarines; and weapons stores management systems for light attack aerial reconnaissance, ground, and sea platforms, as well as slip rings, fiber optic rotary joints, and motors. The company's Industrial Systems segment provides components and systems for applications in injection and blow molding machinery, metal forming presses, and heavy industry customers in steel and aluminum production; supplies electromechanical motion simulation bases for the flight simulation and training applications; and supplies solutions for power generation applications, as well as custom test systems and controls for automotive, structural, and fatigue testing. This segment also offers systems and components for applications in oil and gas exploration and production; components for wind turbine applications; components and systems for diagnostic imaging CT scan medical equipment, sleep apnea equipment, oxygen concentrators, infusion therapy, and enteral clinical nutrition; and hydraulics, slip rings, rotary unions and fiber optic rotary joints, motors, and infusion and enteral pumps. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in East Aurora, New York.
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