Reviewing Eutelsat Group (OTCMKTS:ETCMY) and Lantronix (NASDAQ:LTRX)

Lantronix (NASDAQ:LTRX) and Eutelsat Group (OTCMKTS:ETCMY) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Lantronix and Eutelsat Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lantronix	-5.52%	-6.79%	-4.17%
Eutelsat Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lantronix and Eutelsat Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lantronix	$122.92 million	1.94	-$11.37 million	($0.17)	-31.88
Eutelsat Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Eutelsat Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lantronix.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Lantronix and Eutelsat Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lantronix	1	0	6	0	2.71
Eutelsat Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Lantronix currently has a consensus target price of $10.40, suggesting a potential upside of 91.88%. Given Lantronix’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Lantronix is more favorable than Eutelsat Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

39.4% of Lantronix shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Lantronix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lantronix beats Eutelsat Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lantronix

Lantronix, Inc. provides solutions for video surveillance, infotainment systems, and intelligent substations infrastructure in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific Japan. The company's IoT products include IoT System Solutions, which provide wired and wireless connections that enhance the value and utility of modern electronic systems and equipment through secure network connectivity, power for IoT end devices through Power over Ethernet, application hosting, protocol conversion, media conversion, secure access for distributed IoT deployments, and various other functions; Embedded IoT Modules, such as application processing delivering compute to meet customer needs for data transformation, computer vision, machine learning, augmented/virtual reality, audio/video aggregation and distribution, and custom applications; and Software and Engineering Services offers SaaS platform that enables customers to deploy, monitor, manage, and automate across their global deployments through a single platform login. It also offers telematics devices, which provides power efficient products designed to support communications across interfaces and industrial protocols for vehicle, fleet, and asset tracking and management; network switches, media converters, power over ethernet, NICS and optical SFPs, system on modules, and development kits; and services for mechanical, hardware, and software engineering for camera, audio, and artificial intelligence/machine learning development. In addition, the company provides console management, power management, and IP connected keyboard-video-mouse products that offers remote access to IT and networking infrastructure deployed in test labs, data centers, branch offices, remote sites, and server rooms; and hardware engineering, software engineering, and mechanical engineering, rapid prototyping and quality assurance engineering services. Lantronix, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Irvine, California.

About Eutelsat Group

Eutelsat Group, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of telecommunication satellites. It provides capacity for video services, fixed data, and government services; and capacity in connectivity applications, such as fixed broadband and mobile connectivity. The company offers its services under the Eutelsat brand directly and through distributors. It operates 36 satellites in geostationary orbit. The company serves satellite-based video, business and broadband networks, and mobile services mainly to international telecommunications operators and broadcasters, corporate network integrators, companies, telecom operators, and government agencies in France, Italy, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Eutelsat Communications S.A. and changed its name to Eutelsat Group in October 2023. Eutelsat Group was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.