Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) and AfterMaster (OTCMKTS:AFTM) Head-To-Head Review

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

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Planet Labs PBC and AfterMaster, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

Planet Labs PBC currently has a consensus target price of $4.54, suggesting a potential downside of 17.85%. Given AfterMaster’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AfterMaster is more favorable than Planet Labs PBC.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Planet Labs PBC	$220.70 million	7.44	-$140.51 million	($0.41)	-13.49
AfterMaster	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Profitability

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

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of AfterMaster shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

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.

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.