Critical Comparison: Remark (NASDAQ:MARK) and Globalstar (NYSE:GSAT)

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Globalstar and Remark”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Globalstar	$241.58 million	16.86	-$24.72 million	($0.03)	-71.67
Remark	$5.81 million	1.00	-$29.15 million	($1.27)	-0.07

Globalstar has higher revenue and earnings than Remark. Globalstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Remark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Globalstar	-14.91%	-9.40%	-3.91%
Remark	-759.98%	N/A	-296.56%

Risk & Volatility

Globalstar has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Remark has a beta of 2.73, meaning that its stock price is 173% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

18.9% of Globalstar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Remark shares are held by institutional investors. 61.0% of Globalstar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Remark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Globalstar beats Remark on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Globalstar

GLOBALSTAR INC offers satellite voice and data services to commercial and recreational users in more than 120 countries around the world. Globalstar’s products include mobile and fixed satellite telephones, simplex and duplex satellite data modems and flexible service packages. Many land based and maritime industries benefit from Globalstar with increased productivity from remote areas beyond cellular and landline service. Global customer segments include: oil and gas, government, mining, forestry, commercial fishing, utilities, military, transportation, heavy construction, emergency preparedness, and business continuity as well as individual recreational users. Globalstar data solutions are ideal for various asset and personal tracking, data monitoring and SCADA applications.

About Remark

Remark Holdings, Inc. provides AI-powered analytics, computer vision, and smart agent solutions. The company operates a data and AI software platform that offers AI-based computer vision products, computing devices, and software-as-a-service solutions; and Smart Safety Platform, a software solution that uses computer vision to detect persons, objects, and behavior in video feeds, as well as provides Remark AI Thermal kits and rPads products and services. It serves retail, construction, public safety, workplace safety, and public sectors. The company was formerly known as Remark Media, Inc. and changed its name to Remark Holdings, Inc. in April 2017. Remark Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.