Head-To-Head Contrast: Vertical Aerospace (NYSE:EVTL) & Conrad Industries (OTCMKTS:CNRD)

Vertical Aerospace (NYSE:EVTL) and Conrad Industries (OTCMKTS:CNRD) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Vertical Aerospace and Conrad Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vertical Aerospace	N/A	N/A	-$998.35 million	($48.92)	-0.12
Conrad Industries	$303.41 million	0.43	$11.23 million	$3.02	8.70

Conrad Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Vertical Aerospace. Vertical Aerospace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conrad Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

81.2% of Vertical Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Conrad Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.8% of Vertical Aerospace shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of Conrad Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Vertical Aerospace and Conrad Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vertical Aerospace	N/A	N/A	-489.91%
Conrad Industries	4.54%	17.11%	9.83%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Vertical Aerospace and Conrad Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vertical Aerospace	1	0	6	0	2.71
Conrad Industries	0	0	0	0	0.00

Vertical Aerospace presently has a consensus price target of $11.80, indicating a potential upside of 105.22%. Given Vertical Aerospace’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vertical Aerospace is more favorable than Conrad Industries.

Risk & Volatility

Vertical Aerospace has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conrad Industries has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Conrad Industries beats Vertical Aerospace on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Conrad Industries

Conrad Industries, Inc. engages in the construction, conversion, and repair of various steel and aluminum marine vessels in the United States. The company builds harbor tugs; specialty barges, such as crane, deck, ABS class, dry bulk cargo, aggregate, and well stim barges; inland tank, LPG inland tank, LPG pressure, LPG tank, and DS tank barges; and offshore support vessels, including liftboats, crew boats, offshore supply vessels, and offshore tugs, as well as other support equipment, such as deck and crane barges. It also builds inland pushboats comprising inland towboats, inland river push boats, and towboats; and ferries, which consist of passenger, and passenger and vehicle ferries. In addition, the company offers repairs and conversions, including electrical, mechanical, propulsion, and hull repairs to large-scale conversions of ships and barges; and engages in the fabrication of modular components for offshore floating production, storage, and offloading vessels, as well as drilling rigs. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Morgan City, Louisiana.