VSAT vs. LORL, GILT, CMTL, CMBM, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, CALX, EXTR, and INFN
Should you be buying Viasat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viasat include Loral Space & Communications Inc. (LORL), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Cambium Networks (CMBM), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), and Infinera (INFN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Loral Space & Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:LORL) and Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Viasat received 327 more outperform votes than Loral Space & Communications Inc. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.19% of users gave Viasat an outperform vote while only 38.84% of users gave Loral Space & Communications Inc. an outperform vote.
82.1% of Loral Space & Communications Inc. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Viasat shares are held by institutional investors. 40.6% of Loral Space & Communications Inc. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Viasat shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Loral Space & Communications Inc. has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Loral Space & Communications Inc.'s net margin of -24.95%. Viasat's return on equity of 49.27% beat Loral Space & Communications Inc.'s return on equity.
Loral Space & Communications Inc. has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viasat has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Viasat has a consensus target price of $25.17, suggesting a potential upside of 23.67%. Given Loral Space & Communications Inc.'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Viasat is more favorable than Loral Space & Communications Inc..
In the previous week, Viasat had 14 more articles in the media than Loral Space & Communications Inc.. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Viasat and 0 mentions for Loral Space & Communications Inc.. Loral Space & Communications Inc.'s average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Viasat's score of 0.00 indicating that Viasat is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Loral Space & Communications Inc. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Viasat. Viasat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loral Space & Communications Inc., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Loral Space & Communications Inc. and Viasat tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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