SATS vs. FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, IDCC, CALX, EXTR, INFN, DGII, VSAT, and HLIT
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), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Infinera (INFN), Digi International (DGII), Viasat (VSAT), and Harmonic (HLIT). 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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
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.
EchoStar has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F5 has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
F5 received 937 more outperform votes than EchoStar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.63% of users gave F5 an outperform vote while only 62.74% of users gave EchoStar an outperform vote.
In the previous week, EchoStar had 2 more articles in the media than F5. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for EchoStar and 16 mentions for F5. F5's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat EchoStar's score of 0.69 indicating that F5 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
33.6% of EchoStar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of F5 shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.9% of EchoStar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of F5 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EchoStar presently has a consensus price target of $23.75, suggesting a potential downside of 23.56%. F5 has a consensus price target of $295.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.82%. Given F5's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe F5 is more favorable than EchoStar.
Summary
F5 beats EchoStar on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SATS) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
