Financial Contrast: Satellogic (NASDAQ:SATL) and Globalstar (NASDAQ:GSAT)

Profitability

This table compares Globalstar and Satellogic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Globalstar	-29.65%	-8.96%	-2.51%
Satellogic	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

18.9% of Globalstar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Satellogic shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.8% of Globalstar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 63.7% of Satellogic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Globalstar and Satellogic”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Globalstar	$250.35 million	12.05	-$63.16 million	($0.73)	-32.66
Satellogic	$12.87 million	27.42	-$116.27 million	N/A	N/A

Globalstar has higher revenue and earnings than Satellogic.

Volatility & Risk

Globalstar has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Satellogic has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Satellogic beats Globalstar on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Globalstar

Globalstar, Inc. provides mobile satellite services worldwide. The company offers duplex two-way voice and data products, including mobile voice and data satellite communications services and equipment for remote business continuity, recreational usage, safety, emergency preparedness and response, and other applications; fixed voice and data satellite communications services and equipment at industrial, commercial, and residential sites, as well as rural villages and ships; and data modem services and equipment. It also provides SPOT consumer retail products, such as SPOT satellite GPS messenger for personal tracking, emergency location, and messaging solutions; and SPOT Trace, an anti-theft and asset tracking device. In addition, the company offers commercial Internet of Things one-way transmission products to track cargo containers and rail cars, as well as to monitor utility meters, and oil and gas assets. Further, it sells wholesale minutes to independent gateway operators (IGOs); and provides engineering services, such as hardware and software designs to develop specific applications; and installation of gateways and antennas. The company distributes its products directly, as well as through independent agents, dealers and resellers, retailers, IGOs, and sales force and e-commerce Website. As of December 31, 2020, it had approximately 745,000 subscribers. The company primarily serves recreation and personal, government, public safety and disaster relief, oil and gas, maritime and fishing, construction, utilities, and transportation, as well as natural resources, mining, and forestry markets. Globalstar, Inc. has a strategic alliance with XCOM Labs to jointly commercialize XCOM’s capacity-multiplying technology with Globalstar’s Band n53 for 5G deployments in the United States and other countries where Globalstar has terrestrial rights. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Covington, Louisiana.

About Satellogic

Satellogic Inc. operates as an integrated geospatial company in the Asia Pacific, North America, and internationally. It engages in tasking satellites with monitoring assets and keeping up with their changing reality for government and commercial customers; control satellites on top of specific areas of interest for governments; and sale and support satellites. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay.