CCOI vs. GSAT, CALX, GOGO, ASTS, SATS, DXC, SITM, RUM, PLXS, and AGYS
Should you be buying Cogent Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cogent Communications include Globalstar (GSAT), Calix (CALX), Gogo (GOGO), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), EchoStar (SATS), DXC Technology (DXC), SiTime (SITM), Rumble (RUM), Plexus (PLXS), and Agilysys (AGYS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Globalstar (NYSE:GSAT) and Cogent Communications (NASDAQ:CCOI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
18.9% of Globalstar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Cogent Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 61.0% of Globalstar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Cogent Communications shares are held by 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.
Cogent Communications received 493 more outperform votes than Globalstar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave Cogent Communications an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Globalstar an outperform vote.
Cogent Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Globalstar. Globalstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cogent Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cogent Communications had 6 more articles in the media than Globalstar. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cogent Communications and 1 mentions for Globalstar. Globalstar's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Cogent Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Cogent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Globalstar has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogent Communications has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cogent Communications has a net margin of 114.09% compared to Cogent Communications' net margin of -19.14%. Cogent Communications' return on equity of -11.66% beat Globalstar's return on equity.
Cogent Communications has a consensus target price of $75.14, suggesting a potential upside of 25.72%. Given Globalstar's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cogent Communications is more favorable than Globalstar.
Summary
Cogent Communications beats Globalstar on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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