GOGO vs. ASTS, CALX, VSAT, UCL, GSAT, CCOI, SATS, MOMO, IMOS, and THR
Should you be buying Gogo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gogo include AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Calix (CALX), Viasat (VSAT), uCloudlink Group (UCL), Globalstar (GSAT), Cogent Communications (CCOI), EchoStar (SATS), Hello Group (MOMO), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), and Thermon Group (THR).
Gogo (NASDAQ:GOGO) and AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
Gogo has a net margin of 36.64% compared to AST SpaceMobile's net margin of 0.00%. AST SpaceMobile's return on equity of -30.36% beat Gogo's return on equity.
Gogo has higher revenue and earnings than AST SpaceMobile. AST SpaceMobile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gogo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gogo presently has a consensus price target of $15.30, indicating a potential upside of 85.68%. AST SpaceMobile has a consensus price target of $11.13, indicating a potential upside of 443.09%. Given AST SpaceMobile's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AST SpaceMobile is more favorable than Gogo.
Gogo received 349 more outperform votes than AST SpaceMobile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.29% of users gave Gogo an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave AST SpaceMobile an outperform vote.
69.6% of Gogo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.0% of Gogo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.6% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Gogo had 3 more articles in the media than AST SpaceMobile. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Gogo and 9 mentions for AST SpaceMobile. AST SpaceMobile's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Gogo's score of 0.29 indicating that AST SpaceMobile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gogo has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AST SpaceMobile has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gogo beats AST SpaceMobile on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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