GSAT vs. SATS, CCOI, CALX, GOGO, ASTS, SLAM, SPIR, TSAT, BZFD, and MYNA
Should you be buying Globalstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Globalstar include EchoStar (SATS), Cogent Communications (CCOI), Calix (CALX), Gogo (GOGO), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Slam (SLAM), Spire Global (SPIR), Telesat (TSAT), BuzzFeed (BZFD), and Mynaric (MYNA). These companies are all part of the "communication services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) and Globalstar (NYSE:GSAT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
33.6% of EchoStar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of Globalstar shares are held by institutional investors. 55.9% of EchoStar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 61.0% of Globalstar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
EchoStar received 355 more outperform votes than Globalstar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.73% of users gave EchoStar an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Globalstar an outperform vote.
Globalstar has a net margin of -19.14% compared to Globalstar's net margin of -23.47%. Globalstar's return on equity of 2.26% beat EchoStar's return on equity.
Globalstar has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EchoStar. Globalstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EchoStar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, EchoStar had 9 more articles in the media than Globalstar. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for EchoStar and 0 mentions for Globalstar. Globalstar's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat EchoStar's score of 0.00 indicating that EchoStar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EchoStar has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globalstar has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EchoStar currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.79%. Given Globalstar's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe EchoStar is more favorable than Globalstar.
Summary
EchoStar beats Globalstar on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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