SATS vs. IRDM, FFIV, CIEN, IDCC, VSAT, CALX, EXTR, BELFB, DGII, and HLIT
Should you be buying EchoStar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EchoStar include Iridium Communications (IRDM), F5 (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), InterDigital (IDCC), Viasat (VSAT), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Bel Fuse (BELFB), Digi International (DGII), and Harmonic (HLIT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
EchoStar vs. Its Competitors
EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) and Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
EchoStar currently has a consensus price target of $49.90, suggesting a potential downside of 23.59%. Iridium Communications has a consensus price target of $34.33, suggesting a potential upside of 39.00%. Given Iridium Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Iridium Communications is more favorable than EchoStar.
33.6% of EchoStar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Iridium Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.7% of EchoStar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Iridium Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Iridium Communications has a net margin of 13.20% compared to EchoStar's net margin of -2.04%. Iridium Communications' return on equity of 20.28% beat EchoStar's return on equity.
EchoStar has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iridium Communications has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Iridium Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EchoStar. EchoStar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iridium Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, EchoStar had 41 more articles in the media than Iridium Communications. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for EchoStar and 8 mentions for Iridium Communications. Iridium Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat EchoStar's score of 0.73 indicating that Iridium Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Iridium Communications beats EchoStar on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:SATS) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
