SATS vs. CALX, CCOI, GSAT, VSAT, HLIT, GOGO, AI, PYCR, CAMT, and NCNO
Should you be buying EchoStar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EchoStar include Calix (CALX), Cogent Communications (CCOI), Globalstar (GSAT), Viasat (VSAT), Harmonic (HLIT), Gogo (GOGO), C3.ai (AI), Paycor HCM (PYCR), Camtek (CAMT), and nCino (NCNO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Calix (NYSE:CALX) and EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) 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 institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
98.1% of Calix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of EchoStar shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Calix shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of EchoStar shares are held 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.
Calix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EchoStar. EchoStar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EchoStar received 11 more outperform votes than Calix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave EchoStar an outperform vote while only 58.73% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Calix and Calix both had 6 articles in the media. EchoStar's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Calix's score of 0.47 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Calix has a net margin of 3.06% compared to Calix's net margin of -36.33%. EchoStar's return on equity of 7.92% beat Calix's return on equity.
Calix presently has a consensus price target of $54.60, suggesting a potential upside of 64.56%. EchoStar has a consensus price target of $24.80, suggesting a potential upside of 74.04%. Given Calix's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EchoStar is more favorable than Calix.
Calix has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EchoStar has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Calix beats EchoStar on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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