Critical Contrast: KORE Group (NYSE:KORE) versus EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS)

KORE Group (NYSE:KORE) and EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

KORE Group has a beta of 2.6, suggesting that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EchoStar has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

57.5% of KORE Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of EchoStar shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.6% of KORE Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of EchoStar shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for KORE Group and EchoStar, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KORE Group	0	2	3	0	2.60
EchoStar	0	4	1	1	2.50

KORE Group currently has a consensus target price of $2.94, indicating a potential upside of 447.18%. EchoStar has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.98%. Given KORE Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KORE Group is more favorable than EchoStar.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares KORE Group and EchoStar’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KORE Group	$276.61 million	0.16	-$167.04 million	($1.88)	-0.29
EchoStar	$17.02 billion	0.27	-$1.70 billion	($7.71)	-2.21

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

Profitability

This table compares KORE Group and EchoStar’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KORE Group	-57.97%	-123.65%	-14.99%
EchoStar	-23.47%	2.26%	0.85%

Summary

KORE Group beats EchoStar on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About KORE Group

KORE Group Holdings, Inc. provides Internet of Things (IoT) services and solutions worldwide. It offers connectivity and location-based services, device solutions, and managed and professional services that are used in the development and support of IoT technology for the business market. The company's products include IoT connectivity-as-a-service; connectivity enablement-as-a-service; device management services; and security location based services. It serves customers in healthcare, fleet and vehicle management, asset management, communication services, and industrial/manufacturing sectors. KORE Group Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

About EchoStar

EchoStar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides networking technologies and services worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Pay-TV, Retail Wireless, 5G Network Deployment, Broadband and Satellite Services. The Pay-TV segment offers a direct broadcast and fixed satellite services; designs, develops, and distributes receiver system; and provides digital broadcast operations, including satellite uplinking/downlinking, transmission and, other services to third-party pay-TV providers; and multichannel, live-linear and on-demand streaming over-the-top internet-based domestic, international, Latino, and Freestream video programming services under the DISH and SLING brand names. The Retail Wireless segment provides prepaid and postpaid wireless services under the Boost Mobile, Boost postpaid, and Gen Mobile brands, as well various wireless devices. The Network Deployment segment deploys a facilities-based 5G broadband network and commercializes deployment of 5G VoNR. The Broadband and Satellite Services offers broadband services to consumer customers, which include home, and small to medium-sized businesses; and satellite and multi-transport technologies, and managed network services to telecommunications providers, aeronautical service providers, civilian and defense government entities, and other enterprise customers. EchoStar Corporation was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.