IDCC vs. GSAT, IESC, AI, SIMO, OSIS, RUM, ALKT, PLXS, AVDX, and INTA
Should you be buying InterDigital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InterDigital include Globalstar (GSAT), IES (IESC), C3.ai (AI), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), OSI Systems (OSIS), Rumble (RUM), Alkami Technology (ALKT), Plexus (PLXS), AvidXchange (AVDX), and Intapp (INTA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Globalstar (NYSE:GSAT) and InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
InterDigital has a net margin of 38.95% compared to InterDigital's net margin of -14.61%. Globalstar's return on equity of 37.77% beat InterDigital's return on equity.
In the previous week, InterDigital had 12 more articles in the media than Globalstar. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for InterDigital and 3 mentions for Globalstar. Globalstar's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat InterDigital's score of 0.42 indicating that InterDigital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
InterDigital has higher revenue and earnings than Globalstar. Globalstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InterDigital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
18.9% of Globalstar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of InterDigital shares are held by institutional investors. 62.0% of Globalstar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of InterDigital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
InterDigital received 459 more outperform votes than Globalstar when rated by MarketBeat users.
Globalstar has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterDigital has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
InterDigital has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.70%. Given Globalstar's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe InterDigital is more favorable than Globalstar.
Summary
InterDigital beats Globalstar on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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