SATS vs. VSAT, CALX, CCOI, GSAT, GOGO, AVT, ITRI, VRNS, ZI, and CVLT
Should you be buying EchoStar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EchoStar include Viasat (VSAT), Calix (CALX), Cogent Communications (CCOI), Globalstar (GSAT), Gogo (GOGO), Avnet (AVT), Itron (ITRI), Varonis Systems (VRNS), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), and Commvault Systems (CVLT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) and EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
Viasat received 96 more outperform votes than EchoStar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.85% of users gave EchoStar an outperform vote while only 61.28% of users gave Viasat an outperform vote.
EchoStar has a net margin of -23.47% compared to EchoStar's net margin of -24.95%. Viasat's return on equity of 2.26% beat EchoStar's return on equity.
Viasat presently has a consensus price target of $28.20, indicating a potential upside of 75.81%. EchoStar has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.66%. Given EchoStar's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Viasat is more favorable than EchoStar.
86.1% of Viasat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of EchoStar shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Viasat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of EchoStar 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.
In the previous week, Viasat had 29 more articles in the media than EchoStar. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Viasat and 6 mentions for EchoStar. Viasat's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat EchoStar's score of 0.30 indicating that EchoStar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Viasat has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EchoStar has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Viasat has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EchoStar. EchoStar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viasat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
EchoStar beats Viasat on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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