Planet Labs PBC (PL) just put its Pelican-12 satellite into orbit on the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission with SpaceX, a fresh hardware milestone that gives investors a new data point to weigh.
For context, Planet Labs PBC's share price has fallen 19.7% over the past month and 38.7% over the last quarter, even as the 1 year total shareholder return sits at 9.7% and the 3 year total shareholder return is very large. Momentum has recently faded, while the longer record still reflects substantial gains.
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Planet Labs PBC just put another high spec satellite into orbit while the share price has slid hard in recent months. So is this a strong business now offered at a fair tag, or not?
Most Popular Narrative: 55.8% Undervalued
According to the most followed narrative on Planet Labs PBC, a fair value of $31.00 against the last close at $13.71 frames today's selloff very differently and shifts the focus to what the business might become rather than what the chart has just done.
The company can succeed and the investment can still fail. For the stock to become exceptional, the company probably has to become exceptional too, not merely good.
See why 61 investors see Planet Labs PBC as 56% undervalued .
Result: Fair Value of $31.00 (UNDERVALUED)
Still, two pressure points loom large for Planet Labs PBC: its current net loss of $359.865 million and the risk of becoming a commoditised data supplier.
Find out about the key risks to this Planet Labs PBC narrative .
Another View On Planet Labs PBC: Expensive On Sales
That $31.00 fair value narrative tells one story. The numbers on Planet Labs PBC's P/S ratio tell another. At 13.2x sales, the stock trades far above the Professional Services industry on 0.9x and peers on 0.7x, and above its own 4.7x fair ratio. For anyone weighing valuation risk, the key question is how long that gap can hold.
See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.
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