Head-To-Head Review: Hafnia (NYSE:HAFN) versus Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE)

Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) and Hafnia (NYSE:HAFN) are both aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Virgin Galactic and Hafnia, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Virgin Galactic	2	3	1	0	1.83
Hafnia	0	0	1	0	3.00

Virgin Galactic presently has a consensus target price of $25.50, indicating a potential upside of 247.41%. Hafnia has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 69.78%. Given Virgin Galactic’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Virgin Galactic is more favorable than Hafnia.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Virgin Galactic and Hafnia”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Virgin Galactic	$10.74 million	19.49	-$502.34 million	($25.00)	-0.29
Hafnia	$2.97 billion	1.01	$793.28 million	$1.57	3.75

Hafnia has higher revenue and earnings than Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hafnia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Virgin Galactic and Hafnia’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virgin Galactic	-3,764.43%	-83.64%	-34.95%
Hafnia	47.30%	34.28%	20.51%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

46.6% of Virgin Galactic shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Virgin Galactic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hafnia beats Virgin Galactic on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., an aerospace and space travel company, focuses on the development, manufacture, and operation of spaceships and related technologies. The company engages in the design and development, manufacturing, ground and flight testing, spaceflight operation, and post-flight maintenance of spaceflight systems for private individuals, researchers, and government agencies. Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in Tustin, California.

About Hafnia

Hafnia Limited owns and operates oil product tankers in Bermuda. It operates through Long Range II, Long Range I, Medium Range (MR), Handy size, and Specialized segments. The company transports clean and dirty, refined oil products, vegetable oil, and easy chemicals to national and international oil companies, and chemical companies, as well as trading and utility companies; and owns and operates 200 vessels. It provides ship owning, ship-management, investment, management, corporate support, and agency office services. In addition, the company provides integrated shipping platform, including technical management, commercial and chartering services, pool management, and large-scale bunker desk services. Hafnia Limited is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.