Comparing Spire Global (SPIR) & Its Competitors

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

Profitability

This table compares Spire Global and its rivals’ 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%

Institutional & Insider 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Spire Global and its rivals, as provided 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 presently has a consensus target price of $17.90, indicating 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, equities analysts plainly believe Spire Global is more favorable than its rivals.

Risk and Volatility

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Spire Global and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share 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 rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Spire Global. Spire Global 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.

Summary

Spire Global rivals 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.