Vertical Aerospace (EVTL) versus Its Competitors Financial Comparison

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 businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

Vertical Aerospace has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertical Aerospace’s competitors have a beta of 1.21, suggesting that their average stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Vertical Aerospace and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vertical Aerospace	1	1	5	0	2.57
Vertical Aerospace Competitors	399	2168	3389	122	2.53

Vertical Aerospace currently has a consensus target price of $10.8333, indicating a potential upside of 114.10%. As a group, “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies have a potential upside of 3.57%. Given Vertical Aerospace’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Vertical Aerospace is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of shares of all “AEROSP/DEFENSE” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Vertical Aerospace and its competitors gross 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	$19.13 billion	$730.78 million	8.70

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	-957.17%	-56.81%	-11.34%

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.