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SATS vs. FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, IDCC, CALX, INFN, EXTR, VSAT, HLIT, and DGII

Should you be buying EchoStar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EchoStar include F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Infinera (INFN), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Viasat (VSAT), Harmonic (HLIT), and Digi International (DGII). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

EchoStar vs.

EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) and F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.

33.6% of EchoStar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of F5 shares are held by institutional investors. 55.9% of EchoStar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of F5 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

F5 received 937 more outperform votes than EchoStar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.53% of users gave F5 an outperform vote while only 62.74% of users gave EchoStar an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EchoStarOutperform Votes
357
62.74%
Underperform Votes
212
37.26%
F5Outperform Votes
1294
66.53%
Underperform Votes
651
33.47%

EchoStar has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F5 has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, F5 had 11 more articles in the media than EchoStar. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for F5 and 10 mentions for EchoStar. EchoStar's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat F5's score of 1.10 indicating that EchoStar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
EchoStar
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
F5
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

EchoStar presently has a consensus target price of $23.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.19%. F5 has a consensus target price of $289.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.79%. Given F5's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe F5 is more favorable than EchoStar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
EchoStar
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
F5
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

F5 has a net margin of 20.58% compared to EchoStar's net margin of -15.51%. F5's return on equity of 20.98% beat EchoStar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
EchoStar-15.51% -0.64% -0.22%
F5 20.58%20.98%11.57%

F5 has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EchoStar. EchoStar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F5, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
EchoStar$15.83B0.40-$1.70B-$0.44-50.83
F5$2.89B5.31$566.78M$10.0626.47

Summary

F5 beats EchoStar on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SATS vs. The Competition

MetricEchoStarCommunication services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.41B$7.02B$22.78B$7.74B
Dividend YieldN/A4.93%3.01%4.32%
P/E Ratio-2.448.1341.6018.24
Price / Sales0.4083.012,183.00104.73
Price / Cash4.1811.9234.6934.62
Price / Book0.309.396.034.19
Net Income-$1.70B-$160.13M$735.88M$247.59M
7 Day Performance2.83%3.50%4.11%5.97%
1 Month Performance-16.24%-8.49%-3.85%-3.59%
1 Year Performance39.61%51.95%52,625.65%4.84%

EchoStar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SATS
EchoStar
0.7252 of 5 stars
$22.44
-0.3%
$23.75
+5.8%
+41.8%$6.41B$15.83B-2.442,300News Coverage
Positive News
FFIV
F5
3.9048 of 5 stars
$262.41
+0.3%
$285.78
+8.9%
+47.1%$15.13B$2.89B26.087,090Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.0727 of 5 stars
$34.79
-0.4%
$39.80
+14.4%
+0.5%$11.59B$5.07B40.4510,900Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.6414 of 5 stars
$58.44
-0.6%
$81.38
+39.3%
+42.6%$8.31B$4.05B102.538,080Analyst Forecast
IDCC
InterDigital
1.7296 of 5 stars
$201.66
-0.1%
$130.00
-35.5%
+92.3%$5.18B$868.52M16.75420Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CALX
Calix
2.9154 of 5 stars
$34.02
+1.1%
$43.17
+26.9%
+38.3%$2.27B$831.52M-75.601,430Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
INFN
Infinera
0.3023 of 5 stars
$6.64
flat
$7.09
+6.7%
N/A$1.57B$1.46B-13.833,389Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
EXTR
Extreme Networks
4.1455 of 5 stars
$11.83
+2.8%
$20.30
+71.6%
+10.8%$1.57B$1.02B-12.592,656Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
VSAT
Viasat
4.383 of 5 stars
$8.42
+0.5%
$14.57
+73.1%
-46.2%$1.09B$4.52B-2.517,000Positive News
HLIT
Harmonic
4.3526 of 5 stars
$8.97
+0.2%
$12.50
+39.4%
-3.8%$1.05B$678.72M27.181,340Upcoming Earnings
DGII
Digi International
1.8531 of 5 stars
$25.81
-0.1%
$35.25
+36.6%
-10.5%$952.36M$421.82M26.89790Upcoming Earnings
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