GSAT vs. SATS, ASTS, CCOI, CALX, GOGO, SLAM, SPIR, TSAT, MYNA, and BZFD
Should you be buying Globalstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Globalstar include EchoStar (SATS), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Cogent Communications (CCOI), Calix (CALX), Gogo (GOGO), Slam (SLAM), Spire Global (SPIR), Telesat (TSAT), Mynaric (MYNA), and BuzzFeed (BZFD). These companies are all part of the "communication services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Globalstar (NYSE:GSAT) and EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, EchoStar had 4 more articles in the media than Globalstar. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for EchoStar and 2 mentions for Globalstar. Globalstar's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat EchoStar's score of 0.56 indicating that Globalstar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Globalstar has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EchoStar has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Globalstar has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
18.9% of Globalstar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of EchoStar shares are held by institutional investors. 61.0% of Globalstar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of EchoStar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds 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.
EchoStar has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.90%. Given EchoStar's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EchoStar is more favorable than Globalstar.
Globalstar has a net margin of -19.14% compared to EchoStar's net margin of -23.47%. EchoStar's return on equity of 2.26% beat Globalstar's return on equity.
Summary
EchoStar beats Globalstar on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Globalstar News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GSAT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GSAT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Globalstar Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
