CALX vs. SATS, GSAT, GOGO, CCOI, ASTS, PD, VSAT, UCTT, YY, and UPST
Should you be buying Calix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calix include EchoStar (SATS), Globalstar (GSAT), Gogo (GOGO), Cogent Communications (CCOI), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), PagerDuty (PD), Viasat (VSAT), Ultra Clean (UCTT), JOYY (YY), and Upstart (UPST). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Calix (NYSE:CALX) and EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.
EchoStar received 7 more outperform votes than Calix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave EchoStar an outperform vote while only 58.88% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.
Calix has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EchoStar has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Calix had 38 more articles in the media than EchoStar. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Calix and 6 mentions for EchoStar. EchoStar's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Calix's score of 0.06 indicating that EchoStar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Calix currently has a consensus price target of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 46.31%. EchoStar has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.57%. Given Calix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Calix is more favorable than EchoStar.
Calix has a net margin of 2.19% compared to EchoStar's net margin of -36.33%. Calix's return on equity of 6.64% beat EchoStar's return on equity.
98.1% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of EchoStar shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Calix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of EchoStar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Calix beats EchoStar on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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