Gamma Communications (GAMA) Competitors

Inmarsat (LON:ISAT) and Gamma Communications (LON:GAMA) are both telecom services industry companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ISAT or GAMA?

Gamma Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Inmarsat. Inmarsat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gamma Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inmarsat	£1.44B	0.00	N/A	-£13.10	N/A
Gamma Communications	£579.40M	1.67	£55.98M	£0.72	1,455.56

Do analysts prefer ISAT or GAMA?

Gamma Communications has a consensus target price of GBX 1,933.33, suggesting a potential upside of 84.48%. Given Gamma Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gamma Communications is more favorable than Inmarsat.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inmarsat	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Gamma Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ISAT or GAMA a better dividend stock?

Inmarsat pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. Gamma Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Inmarsat pays out -1.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gamma Communications pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is ISAT or GAMA more profitable?

Gamma Communications has a net margin of 10.29% compared to Inmarsat's net margin of 0.00%. Gamma Communications' return on equity of 16.09% beat Inmarsat's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inmarsat	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gamma Communications	10.29%	16.09%	11.78%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ISAT or GAMA?

48.5% of Gamma Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Gamma Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ISAT or GAMA?

In the previous week, Gamma Communications had 2 more articles in the media than Inmarsat. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gamma Communications and 0 mentions for Inmarsat. Inmarsat's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Gamma Communications' score of -0.21 indicating that Inmarsat is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Inmarsat	Neutral
Gamma Communications	Neutral

Summary

Gamma Communications beats Inmarsat on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.