GSAT vs. CALX, CCOI, GOGO, SATS, ZD, RUM, SIMO, AVDX, IESC, and IDCC
Should you be buying Globalstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Globalstar include Calix (CALX), Cogent Communications (CCOI), Gogo (GOGO), EchoStar (SATS), Ziff Davis (ZD), Rumble (RUM), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), AvidXchange (AVDX), IES (IESC), and InterDigital (IDCC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Calix (NYSE:CALX) and Globalstar (NYSE:GSAT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
In the previous week, Calix had 40 more articles in the media than Globalstar. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Calix and 2 mentions for Globalstar. Globalstar's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Calix's score of 0.00 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Calix has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globalstar has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.1% of Calix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of Globalstar shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Calix shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.0% of Globalstar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Calix received 348 more outperform votes than Globalstar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.88% of users gave Calix an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Globalstar an outperform vote.
Calix has higher revenue and earnings than Globalstar. Globalstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Calix has a net margin of 2.19% compared to Calix's net margin of -14.61%. Globalstar's return on equity of 6.64% beat Calix's return on equity.
Calix presently has a consensus target price of $41.33, indicating a potential upside of 49.06%. Given Globalstar's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Calix is more favorable than Globalstar.
Summary
Calix beats Globalstar on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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