Head-To-Head Contrast: New Horizon Aircraft (NASDAQ:HOVR) versus Vertical Aerospace (NYSE:EVTL)

New Horizon Aircraft (NASDAQ:HOVR) and Vertical Aerospace (NYSE:EVTL) are both small-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for New Horizon Aircraft and Vertical Aerospace, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Horizon Aircraft	0	0	0	0	N/A
Vertical Aerospace	0	0	1	0	3.00

Vertical Aerospace has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 105.17%. Given Vertical Aerospace’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vertical Aerospace is more favorable than New Horizon Aircraft.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

66.0% of New Horizon Aircraft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Vertical Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.8% of Vertical Aerospace shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares New Horizon Aircraft and Vertical Aerospace’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New Horizon Aircraft	N/A	N/A	$8.61 million	N/A	N/A
Vertical Aerospace	$180,000.00	898.64	-$74.57 million	N/A	N/A

New Horizon Aircraft has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vertical Aerospace.

Profitability

This table compares New Horizon Aircraft and Vertical Aerospace’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Horizon Aircraft	N/A	-137.31%	7.13%
Vertical Aerospace	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Vertical Aerospace beats New Horizon Aircraft on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About New Horizon Aircraft

New Horizon Aircraft Ltd., an aerospace engineering company, focuses on designing and developing the hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for the regional air mobility market primarily in the United States. It is developing Cavorite X7, a hybrid electric 7-seat aircraft that can take off and land vertically. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Lindsay, Canada.

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. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Bristol, the United Kingdom.