ASTS vs. SATS, GOGO, CCOI, CALX, ATUS, CRNC, DCBO, TASK, OLO, and SHCO
Should you be buying AST SpaceMobile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AST SpaceMobile include EchoStar (SATS), Gogo (GOGO), Cogent Communications (CCOI), Calix (CALX), Altice USA (ATUS), Cerence (CRNC), Docebo (DCBO), TaskUs (TASK), OLO (OLO), and Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
AST SpaceMobile vs.
EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) and AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
EchoStar presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 61.38%. AST SpaceMobile has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 256.94%. Given AST SpaceMobile's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AST SpaceMobile is more favorable than EchoStar.
EchoStar has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AST SpaceMobile has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EchoStar has higher revenue and earnings than AST SpaceMobile. AST SpaceMobile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EchoStar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EchoStar has a net margin of 5.92% compared to AST SpaceMobile's net margin of -132.30%. EchoStar's return on equity of 3.78% beat AST SpaceMobile's return on equity.
EchoStar received 316 more outperform votes than AST SpaceMobile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.14% of users gave EchoStar an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave AST SpaceMobile an outperform vote.
In the previous week, EchoStar had 3 more articles in the media than AST SpaceMobile. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for EchoStar and 1 mentions for AST SpaceMobile. AST SpaceMobile's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat EchoStar's score of 1.33 indicating that AST SpaceMobile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
39.1% of EchoStar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.1% of EchoStar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.6% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
EchoStar beats AST SpaceMobile on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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