CALX vs. SATS, GSAT, GOGO, CCOI, ASTS, PD, VSAT, UCTT, YY, and UPST
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), PagerDuty (PD), Viasat (VSAT), Ultra Clean (UCTT), JOYY (YY), and Upstart (UPST). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Calix (NYSE:CALX) and EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Calix had 37 more articles in the media than EchoStar. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Calix and 7 mentions for EchoStar. EchoStar's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Calix's score of 0.01 indicating that EchoStar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 58.88% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.
98.1% of Calix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of EchoStar shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Calix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of EchoStar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Calix has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EchoStar has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Calix has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Calix has a net margin of 2.19% compared to EchoStar's net margin of -36.33%. Calix's return on equity of 6.64% beat EchoStar's return on equity.
Calix currently has a consensus target price of $41.33, indicating a potential upside of 45.54%. EchoStar has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.75%. Given Calix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Calix is more favorable than EchoStar.
Summary
Calix beats EchoStar on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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