IES (IESC) Competitors

IES (NASDAQ:IESC) and Globalstar (NYSE:GSAT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IESC or GSAT?

86.6% of IES shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of Globalstar shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.2% of IES shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.0% of Globalstar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, IESC or GSAT?

IES has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globalstar has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IESC or GSAT?

IES received 174 more outperform votes than Globalstar when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IES	Outperform Votes 174 63.74%	Underperform Votes 99 36.26%
Globalstar	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer IESC or GSAT?

In the previous week, IES had 1 more articles in the media than Globalstar. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for IES and 1 mentions for Globalstar. IES's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Globalstar's score of 0.00 indicating that IES is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IES	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Globalstar	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is IESC or GSAT more profitable?

IES has a net margin of 4.41% compared to Globalstar's net margin of -14.61%. IES's return on equity of 26.83% beat Globalstar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IES	4.41%	26.83%	12.33%
Globalstar	-14.61%	-6.43%	-2.54%

Which has better valuation & earnings, IESC or GSAT?

IES has higher revenue and earnings than Globalstar. Globalstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IES, 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
IES	$2.38B	0.99	$92.59M	$5.26	22.03
Globalstar	$223.81M	10.52	-$24.72M	-$0.01	-125.00

Do analysts rate IESC or GSAT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IES	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Globalstar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

IES beats Globalstar on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.