VSAT vs. LORL, GILT, CMBM, CMTL, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, CALX, EXTR, and HLIT
Should you be buying Viasat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viasat include Loral Space & Communications Inc. (LORL), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Cambium Networks (CMBM), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), and Harmonic (HLIT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) and Loral Space & Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:LORL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
Loral Space & Communications Inc. has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Viasat's net margin of -24.95%. Loral Space & Communications Inc.'s return on equity of 49.27% beat Viasat's return on equity.
Viasat received 326 more outperform votes than Loral Space & Communications Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.22% of users gave Viasat an outperform vote while only 39.44% of users gave Loral Space & Communications Inc. an outperform vote.
Viasat currently has a consensus price target of $26.33, indicating a potential upside of 86.36%. Given Viasat's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Viasat is more favorable than Loral Space & Communications Inc..
Loral Space & Communications Inc. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Viasat. Viasat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loral Space & Communications Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Viasat has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loral Space & Communications Inc. has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Viasat had 8 more articles in the media than Loral Space & Communications Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Viasat and 0 mentions for Loral Space & Communications Inc.. Viasat's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Loral Space & Communications Inc.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Viasat is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.1% of Viasat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Loral Space & Communications Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Viasat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 40.6% of Loral Space & Communications Inc. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Viasat and Loral Space & Communications Inc. tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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