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Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) vs EchoStar Corporation (ECHO)

Comcast Corporation and EchoStar Corporation are both Telecom Services companies. Comcast Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $88.6B against $26.2B — 3.4× the size. EchoStar Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 2.7× against 7.9×. Comcast Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.25% against −19.8%. EchoStar Corporation has the higher net margin (81.3% vs 9.20%) and the lower return on invested capital (1.35% vs 6.57%). Across the 21 metrics below, Comcast Corporation leads on 12 and EchoStar Corporation on 9.

Valuation

Metric CMCSA ECHO Telecom Services median
P/E 7.87 2.66 12.29
P/S 0.72 2.16 0.94
P/B 0.96 1.55 1.25
Price to free cash flow 5.17 n/m 8.15
EV/EBITDA 5.01 24.19 7.05
EV/Sales 1.37 1.81 1.79
Earnings yield 12.71% 37.62% 3.40%
Free cash flow yield 19.33% (2.22%) 4.48%

Profitability

Metric CMCSA ECHO Telecom Services median
Gross margin 34.56% 32.49% 48.78%
Operating margin 14.71% 2.25% 9.22%
Net margin 9.20% 81.29% 6.67%
Free cash flow margin 13.88% (4.38%) 2.87%
Return on equity 11.92% 82.42% 6.00%
Return on assets 4.26% 24.25% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 6.57% 1.35% 3.77%

Growth

Metric CMCSA ECHO Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.25%) (19.83%) 5.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 30.19% (11,356.82%) 0.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.62% 51.37% 2.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.68% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CMCSA ECHO Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 0.94 0.57 0.57
Current ratio 0.82 10.16 1.09
Net debt to EBITDA 2.43 (1.41) 1.86

Dividend

Metric CMCSA ECHO Telecom Services median
Dividend yield 5.31% — 2.55%
Payout ratio 0.42 — 0.40

Size

Metric CMCSA ECHO Telecom Services median
Market cap 88.60b 26.16b 3.16b

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