Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) vs. Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR) Head-To-Head Comparison

Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR) and Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

59.3% of Archer Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.0% of Spire Global shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Archer Aviation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Spire Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Archer Aviation	N/A	-49.22%	-41.46%
Spire Global	40.97%	-125.66%	-25.24%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Archer Aviation and Spire Global, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Archer Aviation	1	2	7	0	2.60
Spire Global	1	1	2	0	2.25

Archer Aviation currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.04%. Spire Global has a consensus price target of $14.33, indicating a potential upside of 70.39%. Given Spire Global’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spire Global is more favorable than Archer Aviation.

Risk and Volatility

Archer Aviation has a beta of 3.1, meaning that its stock price is 210% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spire Global has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Archer Aviation	N/A	N/A	-$536.80 million	($1.26)	-6.61
Spire Global	$110.45 million	2.49	-$102.82 million	$0.49	17.17

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

Summary

Spire Global beats Archer Aviation on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Archer Aviation

Archer Aviation Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in designs, develops, and operates electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for use in urban air mobility. The company was formerly known as Atlas Crest Investment Corp. and changed its name to Archer Aviation Inc. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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.