Contrasting Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) & AfterMaster (OTCMKTS:AFTM)

AfterMaster (OTCMKTS:AFTM) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares AfterMaster and Planet Labs PBC”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AfterMaster	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Planet Labs PBC	$220.70 million	7.29	-$140.51 million	($0.41)	-13.23

AfterMaster has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Planet Labs PBC.

Risk and Volatility

AfterMaster has a beta of -0.7, meaning that its stock price is 170% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for AfterMaster and Planet Labs PBC, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AfterMaster	0	0	0	0	0.00
Planet Labs PBC	0	1	8	0	2.89

Planet Labs PBC has a consensus target price of $4.54, suggesting a potential downside of 16.23%. Given AfterMaster’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AfterMaster is more favorable than Planet Labs PBC.

Profitability

This table compares AfterMaster and Planet Labs PBC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AfterMaster	N/A	N/A	N/A
Planet Labs PBC	-48.88%	-24.16%	-17.73%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of AfterMaster shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Planet Labs PBC beats AfterMaster on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AfterMaster

AfterMaster, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an audio technology company in the United States. It develops and commercializes proprietary audio and video technologies for professional and consumer use. The company offers AfterMaster audio, a mastering, remastering, and audio processing technology that makes various audio source sounds louder, fuller, deeper, and clearer; ProMaster, an online music mastering, streaming, and storage service designed for independent artists; and Aftermaster Pro, a personal audio re-mastering device. It also provides Aftermaster Studio Pro products for use in commercial audio applications; and MyStudio products. In addition, AfterMaster, Inc. operates six recording and mastering studios. The company was formerly known as Studio One Media, Inc. and changed its name to AfterMaster, Inc. in September 2015. AfterMaster, Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

About Planet Labs PBC

Planet Labs PBC engages in the design, construction, and launch constellations of satellites with the intent of providing high cadence geospatial data delivered to customers through an online platform worldwide. The company’s platform offers planet monitoring, basemap, tasking, apps, and application programming interfaces, as well as analytics and planetary variables. It serves agriculture, mapping, energy, forestry, finance and insurance companies, and government agencies. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.