GSAT vs. ROKU, KT, TIMB, FYBR, SKM, PARA, LLYVK, LLYVA, TIGO, and TKC
Should you be buying Globalstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Globalstar include Roku (ROKU), KT (KT), TIM (TIMB), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), SK Telecom (SKM), Paramount Global (PARA), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C (LLYVK), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A (LLYVA), Millicom International Cellular (TIGO), and Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Globalstar vs. Its Competitors
Globalstar (NASDAQ:GSAT) and Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) are both communication companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Globalstar has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roku has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Globalstar has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Roku. Roku is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Globalstar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Roku has a net margin of -2.49% compared to Globalstar's net margin of -29.65%. Roku's return on equity of -4.29% beat Globalstar's return on equity.
18.9% of Globalstar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Roku shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.8% of Globalstar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Roku shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Roku has a consensus price target of $90.37, suggesting a potential upside of 2.53%. Given Roku's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Roku is more favorable than Globalstar.
In the previous week, Roku had 29 more articles in the media than Globalstar. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Roku and 3 mentions for Globalstar. Roku's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Globalstar's score of 0.51 indicating that Roku is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Roku beats Globalstar on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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This page (NASDAQ:GSAT) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
