Comparing EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) and Slam (NASDAQ:SLAM)

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Slam	N/A	-13.21%	2.04%
EchoStar	-36.33%	5.24%	2.14%

Volatility & Risk

Slam has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EchoStar has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

87.3% of Slam shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of EchoStar shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Slam shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.9% of EchoStar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Slam and EchoStar, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Slam	0	0	0	0	N/A
EchoStar	0	4	1	1	2.50

EchoStar has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.50%. Given EchoStar’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EchoStar is more favorable than Slam.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Slam and EchoStar’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Slam	N/A	N/A	$4.59 million	N/A	N/A
EchoStar	$17.02 billion	0.28	-$1.70 billion	($6.96)	-2.51

Slam has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EchoStar.

Summary

EchoStar beats Slam on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Slam

Slam Corp. does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or related business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York.

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.