Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR – Get Free Report) and Franklin Covey (NYSE:FC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Spire Global and Franklin Covey”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Spire Global | $71.55 million | 4.79 | $51.31 million | ($2.67) | -3.28 |
| Franklin Covey | $267.07 million | 0.80 | $3.07 million | $0.17 | 111.21 |
Spire Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Franklin Covey. Spire Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Covey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Spire Global and Franklin Covey, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Spire Global | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Franklin Covey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
Spire Global presently has a consensus price target of $17.90, indicating a potential upside of 104.34%. Franklin Covey has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 45.46%. Given Spire Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Spire Global is more favorable than Franklin Covey.
Profitability
This table compares Spire Global and Franklin Covey’s 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% |
| Franklin Covey | 0.83% | 17.37% | 4.04% |
Risk and Volatility
Spire Global has a beta of 2.81, suggesting that its share price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Covey has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
20.0% of Spire Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of Franklin Covey shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Spire Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Franklin Covey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Franklin Covey beats Spire Global on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Franklin Covey
Franklin Covey Co. provides training and consulting services in the areas of execution, sales performance, productivity, customer loyalty, and educational improvement for organizations and individuals worldwide. The company operates through Direct Offices, International Licensees, and Education Practice segments. It also provides a suite of individual-effectiveness and leadership-development training and products. In addition, the company operates Strive platform, a learning deployment platform; Impact platform that helps automate implementation of learning initiatives; All Access Pass, a subscription platform that enables improved deployment of content, services, technology, and metrics to deliver behavioral impact at scale; and Leader in Me, which provides access to digital versions of student leadership guides, leadership lessons, illustrated leadership stories, and other resources. Franklin Covey Co. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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