CALX vs. SATS, GSAT, GOGO, CCOI, ASTS, SWI, UCTT, VRNT, AMBA, and PD
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), SolarWinds (SWI), Ultra Clean (UCTT), Verint Systems (VRNT), Ambarella (AMBA), and PagerDuty (PD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) and Calix (NYSE:CALX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
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 58.68% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.
EchoStar currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.76%. Calix has a consensus price target of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 31.72%. Given EchoStar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Calix is more favorable than EchoStar.
In the previous week, EchoStar had 1 more articles in the media than Calix. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for EchoStar and 5 mentions for Calix. EchoStar's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Calix's score of 0.62 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EchoStar has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calix has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
33.6% of EchoStar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Calix shares are held by institutional investors. 55.9% of EchoStar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Calix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Calix has a net margin of 2.19% compared to Calix's net margin of -23.47%. EchoStar's return on equity of 6.64% beat Calix's return on equity.
Calix has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Calix beats EchoStar on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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