CALX vs. SATS, CCOI, GOGO, GSAT, ASTS, SANM, DOCN, SPT, BMI, and PI
Should you be buying Calix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calix include EchoStar (SATS), Cogent Communications (CCOI), Gogo (GOGO), Globalstar (GSAT), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Sanmina (SANM), DigitalOcean (DOCN), Sprout Social (SPT), Badger Meter (BMI), and Impinj (PI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Calix vs.
Calix (NYSE:CALX) and EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) are both 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.
Calix has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EchoStar has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Calix currently has a consensus price target of $80.22, indicating a potential upside of 54.78%. EchoStar has a consensus price target of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 49.21%. Given Calix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Calix is more favorable than EchoStar.
EchoStar has a net margin of 8.86% compared to Calix's net margin of 4.73%. Calix's return on equity of 6.53% beat EchoStar's return on equity.
In the previous week, Calix had 7 more articles in the media than EchoStar. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Calix and 1 mentions for EchoStar. Calix's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat EchoStar's score of 0.50 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
81.9% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of EchoStar shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Calix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.1% of EchoStar 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.
Calix received 12 more outperform votes than EchoStar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.08% of users gave EchoStar an outperform vote while only 58.47% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.
EchoStar has higher revenue and earnings than Calix. EchoStar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Calix beats EchoStar on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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