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Ranked by Compass Score · 20 companies · Updated June 13, 2026
The most-covered space names right now share a common trait: everyone already owns them. The launch providers with celebrity founders, the satellite broadband plays that got breathless coverage through 2021 and 2022, the defense contractors who bolted "space" onto an existing slide deck. When a sector gets that kind of attention, the price tends to reflect optimism that hasn't been earned yet, and the actual opportunity migrates somewhere less crowded.
The Compass Score cuts through that by scoring each company across eight factors, from revenue quality and balance sheet durability to contract pipeline and technological moat. It doesn't reward hype or penalize obscurity. Some of the names that score highest in this list are ones the mainstream coverage glosses over because they lack a good story arc. That's often a feature, not a problem. The table below shows what the methodology actually surfaces when you take the narrative out of it.
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Higher Compass Scores reflect where fundamentals, momentum, and forward catalysts align. Tap any company for the full breakdown.
Standout: Valuation (77/100) · Direction: Accumulate · $3.9B
Standout: Momentum (82/100) · Direction: Accumulate · $3.5B
Standout: Market Position (84/100) · Direction: Hold · $5.0B
Standout: Catalysts (90/100) · Direction: Hold · $3.0B
Standout: Revenue Growth (98/100) · Direction: Hold · $8.6B
Standout: Momentum (87/100) · Direction: Accumulate · $675M
Standout: Catalysts (80/100) · Direction: Accumulate · $1.1B
Standout: Revenue Growth (93/100) · Direction: Accumulate · $687M
Standout: Revenue Growth (89/100) · Direction: Accumulate · $5.2B
Standout: Momentum (90/100) · Direction: Accumulate · $5.6B
Standout: Momentum (85/100) · $28.7B
Standout: Catalysts (75/100) · $2.8B
Standout: Revenue Growth (98/100) · $73M
Standout: Revenue Growth (93/100) · $215M
Standout: Revenue Growth (98/100) · $88M
Standout: Revenue Growth (82/100) · $6.4B
Standout: Catalysts (84/100) · $12.2B
Standout: Catalysts (79/100) · $75.8B
Standout: Revenue Growth (98/100) · $39.0B
Standout: Catalysts (78/100) · $6.3B
By Alexandria's Compass Score, York Space Systems, Inc. (NYSE:YSS) currently ranks highest among Space names with a score of 90/100 (True North). Compass Scores are recomputed weekly across eight factors, so rankings shift as the fundamentals do.
Every company is scored 1-100 on eight weighted factors: revenue growth, profitability, valuation, momentum, theme purity, moat, catalysts, and market position. The composite is percentile-normalized into a Compass Score and a tier from True North to Avoid. It is a contrarian lens that rewards what the crowd overlooks rather than what is already priced in.
A high Compass Score reflects where fundamentals, momentum, and forward catalysts align. It is research, not investment advice. Use the ranking as a starting point, then read each company's full Compass Direction analysis before making any decision.
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Compass Scores are proprietary editorial research generated by Alexandria's analysis engine from publicly available data. They are one data point among many and do not constitute investment advice or a recommendation regarding any security. Rankings update weekly and may change.