BlackSky Technology Inc. (BKSY) vs Spire Global, Inc. (SPIR)

BlackSky Technology Inc. and Spire Global, Inc. are both Specialty Business Services companies. BlackSky Technology Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $952.3M against $508.6M — 1.9× the size. BlackSky Technology Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.07% against −33.1%. BlackSky Technology Inc. has the higher net margin (−61.2% vs −145.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (−16.6% vs −105.3%). Across the 18 metrics below, BlackSky Technology Inc. leads on 13 and Spire Global, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric BKSY SPIR Specialty Business Services median
P/E n/m n/m 23.86
P/S 8.20 7.42 1.06
P/B 4.22 3.21 2.37
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 16.54
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 11.51
EV/Sales 7.90 7.63 1.51
Earnings yield (7.83%) (22.10%) 2.14%
Free cash flow yield (7.79%) (21.53%) 1.55%

Profitability

Metric BKSY SPIR Specialty Business Services median
Gross margin 69.53% 37.74% 35.31%
Operating margin (43.44%) (142.09%) 3.43%
Net margin (61.24%) (145.22%) 1.67%
Free cash flow margin (63.86%) (159.67%) 3.28%
Return on equity (44.75%) (61.72%) 0.58%
Return on assets (16.12%) (38.86%) 0.33%
Return on invested capital (16.59%) (105.29%) 0.65%

Growth

Metric BKSY SPIR Specialty Business Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.07% (33.13%) 6.04%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.43% 134.98% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 38.21% 20.22% 7.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BKSY SPIR Specialty Business Services median
Debt to equity 1.00 0.00 0.21
Current ratio 5.83 1.87 1.62
Net debt to EBITDA (6.23) 1.02 1.16

Dividend

Metric BKSY SPIR Specialty Business Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.61%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric BKSY SPIR Specialty Business Services median
Market cap 952.32m 508.59m 879.14m

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