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CCOI vs. IRDM, ASTS, SATS, CALX, GOGO, SPIR, TSAT, BZFD, UCL, and KORE

Should you be buying Cogent Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cogent Communications include Iridium Communications (IRDM), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), EchoStar (SATS), Calix (CALX), Gogo (GOGO), Spire Global (SPIR), Telesat (TSAT), BuzzFeed (BZFD), uCloudlink Group (UCL), and KORE Group (KORE).

Cogent Communications vs.

Cogent Communications (NASDAQ:CCOI) and Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Cogent Communications pays an annual dividend of $4.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Iridium Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Cogent Communications pays out -93.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Iridium Communications pays out 52.8% 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. Cogent Communications has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Cogent Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cogent Communications$1.04B2.63$1.27B-$4.30-12.83
Iridium Communications$841.71M3.13$112.78M$1.0622.99

Iridium Communications has a net margin of 13.58% compared to Cogent Communications' net margin of 3.73%. Iridium Communications' return on equity of 15.66% beat Cogent Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cogent Communications3.73% -36.31% -5.20%
Iridium Communications 13.58%15.66%4.15%

Cogent Communications presently has a consensus target price of $80.25, suggesting a potential upside of 45.46%. Iridium Communications has a consensus target price of $34.33, suggesting a potential upside of 40.88%. Given Cogent Communications' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cogent Communications is more favorable than Iridium Communications.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cogent Communications
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Iridium Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Cogent Communications has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iridium Communications has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

92.4% of Cogent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Iridium Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of Cogent Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Iridium Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Iridium Communications had 11 more articles in the media than Cogent Communications. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Iridium Communications and 21 mentions for Cogent Communications. Cogent Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Iridium Communications' score of 0.43 indicating that Cogent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cogent Communications
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Iridium Communications
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Cogent Communications received 10 more outperform votes than Iridium Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.43% of users gave Cogent Communications an outperform vote while only 58.61% of users gave Iridium Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cogent CommunicationsOutperform Votes
500
61.43%
Underperform Votes
314
38.57%
Iridium CommunicationsOutperform Votes
490
58.61%
Underperform Votes
346
41.39%

Summary

Cogent Communications beats Iridium Communications on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CCOI vs. The Competition

MetricCogent CommunicationsCommunication services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.72B$7.09B$23.65B$7.99B
Dividend Yield7.51%4.77%2.97%4.23%
P/E Ratio70.728.5342.7318.64
Price / Sales2.6384.572,088.03103.80
Price / Cash11.4911.9234.7234.62
Price / Book4.409.626.244.30
Net Income$1.27B-$160.13M$739.49M$248.44M
7 Day Performance3.12%1.29%2.33%1.81%
1 Month Performance-10.53%-2.41%2.63%4.40%
1 Year Performance-14.99%53.60%52,786.11%5.97%

Cogent Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCOI
Cogent Communications
4.4635 of 5 stars
$54.89
+1.0%
$80.25
+46.2%
-15.3%$2.72B$1.04B70.551,080Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
IRDM
Iridium Communications
4.6697 of 5 stars
$24.16
+4.3%
$34.33
+42.1%
-21.6%$2.61B$841.71M25.43660Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile
3.0627 of 5 stars
$24.25
+2.1%
$42.82
+76.6%
+950.2%$7.67B$4.42M-11.44390Gap Up
SATS
EchoStar
1.1069 of 5 stars
$22.68
+0.5%
$23.75
+4.7%
+40.6%$6.50B$15.83B-2.482,300Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
CALX
Calix
3.1589 of 5 stars
$40.05
+1.1%
$47.83
+19.4%
+47.4%$2.67B$825.45M-89.001,430Insider Trade
Buyback Announcement
Positive News
GOGO
Gogo
4.2223 of 5 stars
$7.72
+1.3%
$11.33
+46.8%
-16.4%$1.01B$444.71M17.95457Positive News
SPIR
Spire Global
1.6799 of 5 stars
$10.47
-1.6%
$17.70
+69.1%
-9.8%$324.22M$110.45M-3.01370Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
TSAT
Telesat
1.6062 of 5 stars
$16.06
+4.3%
$9.00
-44.0%
+113.4%$219.07M$571.04M6.61N/AUpcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.3398 of 5 stars
$1.87
-1.1%
N/A+26.7%$72.04M$189.89M-1.291,520
UCL
uCloudlink Group
1.6123 of 5 stars
$1.25
+16.3%
N/A-21.7%$47.25M$91.64M11.36490
KORE
KORE Group
1.25 of 5 stars
$2.54
-1.0%
$2.50
-1.4%
-40.0%$43.12M$285.23M-0.36610Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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