Are Analysts Too Bullish On EchoStar Corp (SATS)

EchoStar Corp (NASDAQ:SATS) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.59M but it saw 1477732 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 6.98B USD, the company’s current market price of $25.71 came falling about -0.31 while comparing to the previous closing price of $25.79. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $30.08 and as low as $9.53. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $25.55 while lowest mark touched by it was $26.5.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of EchoStar Corp (SATS) gives us an average price of $25.29, while its current price level is -14.52% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 169.78% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $22.14 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $17.51. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 4.62% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 6.28%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 57.49 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

JP Morgan downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Underweight” from “Neutral” on August 12, 2024 while assigning a price target of $12. JP Morgan issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $18.

Over the week, SATS’s stock price is moving -1.76% down while it is -0.77% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 55.16% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 80.80%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 0.04 beat the consensus estimate of -0.32 for the same. The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in November, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of -0.39 while estimate for next year EPS is -1.66. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $3.95B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $15.84B and seeing the company making $15.23B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $3.91B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, EchoStar Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 140.15M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -4.84% and return on equity (ROE) at -17.76%. Stock’s beta reads 0.71. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.36 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.29. Its return on asset (ROA) is -6.68% on average.