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Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR) vs EchoStar Corporation (ECHO)

Charter Communications, Inc. and EchoStar Corporation are both Telecom Services companies. EchoStar Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $26.2B against $22.2B — 1.2× the size. EchoStar Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 2.7× against 3.2×. Charter Communications, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −1.50% against −19.8%. EchoStar Corporation has the higher net margin (81.3% vs 9.05%) and the lower return on invested capital (1.35% vs 6.77%). Across the 21 metrics below, Charter Communications, Inc. leads on 11 and EchoStar Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric CHTR ECHO Telecom Services median
P/E 3.21 2.66 12.29
P/S 0.28 2.16 0.94
P/B 0.69 1.55 1.25
Price to free cash flow 3.45 n/m 8.15
EV/EBITDA 5.14 24.19 7.05
EV/Sales 2.02 1.81 1.79
Earnings yield 31.18% 37.62% 3.40%
Free cash flow yield 29.00% (2.22%) 4.48%

Profitability

Metric CHTR ECHO Telecom Services median
Gross margin 39.90% 32.49% 48.78%
Operating margin 23.28% 2.25% 9.22%
Net margin 9.05% 81.29% 6.67%
Free cash flow margin 8.01% (4.38%) 2.87%
Return on equity 23.30% 82.42% 6.00%
Return on assets 3.21% 24.25% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 6.77% 1.35% 3.77%

Growth

Metric CHTR ECHO Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.50%) (19.83%) 5.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 3.55% (11,356.82%) 0.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.63% 51.37% 2.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.13% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CHTR ECHO Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 4.36 0.57 0.57
Current ratio 0.36 10.16 1.09
Net debt to EBITDA 4.43 (1.41) 1.86

Dividend

Metric CHTR ECHO Telecom Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.55%
Payout ratio — — 0.40

Size

Metric CHTR ECHO Telecom Services median
Market cap 22.17b 26.16b 3.16b

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