SATS vs. MAXR, UI, LORL, JNPR, FFIV, CIEN, IDCC, CALX, VSAT, and EXTR
Should you be buying EchoStar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EchoStar include Maxar Technologies (MAXR), Ubiquiti (UI), Loral Space & Communications Inc. (LORL), Juniper Networks (JNPR), F5 (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Viasat (VSAT), and Extreme Networks (EXTR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) 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 dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, EchoStar had 10 more articles in the media than Maxar Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for EchoStar and 0 mentions for Maxar Technologies. Maxar Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat EchoStar's score of 0.00 indicating that EchoStar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Maxar Technologies received 78 more outperform votes than EchoStar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.15% of users gave Maxar Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.73% of users gave EchoStar an outperform vote.
Maxar Technologies has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EchoStar has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Maxar Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EchoStar. Maxar Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EchoStar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.5% of Maxar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of EchoStar shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Maxar Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of EchoStar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Maxar Technologies has a net margin of -9.35% compared to Maxar Technologies' net margin of -23.47%. Maxar Technologies' return on equity of 2.26% beat EchoStar's return on equity.
EchoStar has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.79%. Given Maxar Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EchoStar is more favorable than Maxar Technologies.
Summary
EchoStar beats Maxar Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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