SATS vs. VSAT, CALX, CCOI, GSAT, GOGO, ASGN, WK, CWAN, PI, and POWI
Should you be buying EchoStar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EchoStar include Viasat (VSAT), Calix (CALX), Cogent Communications (CCOI), Globalstar (GSAT), Gogo (GOGO), ASGN (ASGN), Workiva (WK), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Impinj (PI), and Power Integrations (POWI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) and EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Viasat received 95 more outperform votes than EchoStar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.85% of users gave EchoStar an outperform vote while only 61.22% of users gave Viasat an outperform vote.
Viasat has a net margin of 6.01% compared to Viasat's net margin of -23.47%. EchoStar's return on equity of 4.52% beat Viasat's return on equity.
Viasat has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EchoStar. EchoStar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viasat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.1% of Viasat shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of EchoStar shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Viasat shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of EchoStar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Viasat currently has a consensus price target of $38.17, indicating a potential upside of 100.88%. EchoStar has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.76%. Given EchoStar's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Viasat is more favorable than EchoStar.
In the previous week, Viasat and Viasat both had 6 articles in the media. Viasat's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat EchoStar's score of 0.44 indicating that EchoStar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Viasat has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EchoStar has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Viasat beats EchoStar on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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