Echostar (NASDAQ:ECHO) versus Adaptive Medias (OTCMKTS:ADTM) Financial Review

Echostar (NASDAQ:ECHO) and Adaptive Medias (OTCMKTS:ADTM) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Echostar and Adaptive Medias”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Echostar	$3.48 billion	7.26	-$14.50 billion	($24.92)	-3.48
Adaptive Medias	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Adaptive Medias has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Echostar.

Profitability

This table compares Echostar and Adaptive Medias’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Echostar	-38.71%	-1.28%	-0.25%
Adaptive Medias	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

33.6% of Echostar shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Echostar shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Echostar and Adaptive Medias, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Echostar	1	2	5	1	2.67
Adaptive Medias	0	0	0	0	0.00

Echostar currently has a consensus price target of $132.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.00%. Given Echostar’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Echostar is more favorable than Adaptive Medias.

Summary

Echostar beats Adaptive Medias on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Echostar

EchoStar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides networking technologies and services worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Hughes and EchoStar Satellite Services (ESS). The Hughes segment offers broadband network technologies, managed services, equipment, hardware, satellite services, and communications solutions to government and enterprise customers. The segment also designs, provides, and installs gateway and terminal equipment to customers for other satellite systems. In addition, it designs, develops, constructs, and provides telecommunication networks comprising satellite ground segment systems and terminals to mobile system operators and enterprise customers. Further, this segment designs, provides, and installs gateway and terminal equipment to customers for other satellite systems, as well as offers satellite ground segment systems and terminals for other satellite systems, including mobile system operators. The ESS segment provides satellite services using its owned and leased in-orbit satellites and related licenses to offer satellite services on a full-time and/or occasional-use basis to the U.S. government service providers, internet service providers, broadcast news organizations, content providers, and private enterprise customers. It serves customers in North America, South and Central America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, India, and the Middle East. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

About Adaptive Medias

Adaptive Medias, Inc. offers programmatic audience and content monetization. It provides these unique capabilities to monetize content efficiently across multiple marketing channels, including mobile, video and online display advertising. The company was founded by Omar Akram, Sal Aziz, and Qayed Murtaza Shareef on August 7, 2007 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.