GSAT
Globalstar, Inc.
GSAT offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
META
Meta Platforms, Inc.
META has a slight edge over GSAT overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger modeled upside.
GSAT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
GSAT's cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its profitability is under pressure.
META Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy |
META's revenue, profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its cash flow is stable.
GSAT PE Valuation
GSAT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
META PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 19x | $624 | — |
| Cheap | 21x | $613 | -1.7% |
| Current | 21x | $624 | — |
| Fair | 27x | $803 | +29% |
| Expensive | 32x | $934 | +50% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
META's PE is in its cheap range at 21x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 19x next year's earnings.
GSAT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| -- |
Analysts expect GSAT's losses to shrink, with revenue growing.
META Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Moderate | |
| Low |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for META, but weaker profitability. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
GSAT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.64 | -$0.18 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.51 | -$0.06 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.15 | +$0.58 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.15 | +$0.57 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.46 | +$0.14 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.45 | +$0.15 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.73 | -$0.28 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.72 | -$0.42 |
GSAT is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.64 per share over the past year, against $2.10 at its worst in late 2022.
META Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $32.16 | +9.7% |
| Q3 2026 | $29.32 | +30% |
| Q2 2026 | $26.54 | -3.7% |
| Q1 2026 | $27.50 | +7.5% |
| Q4 2025 | $23.49 | -1.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $22.58 | +6.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $27.56 | +41% |
| Q1 2025 | $25.58 | +47% |
| Q4 2024 | $23.86 | +60% |
META has the edge over GSAT on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
GSAT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $70.9M | -4% |
| Q2 2026 | $64.8M | -3.5% |
| Q1 2026 | $70.1M | +17% |
| Q4 2025 | $72M | +18% |
| Q3 2025 | $73.8M | +2.1% |
| Q2 2025 | $67.1M | +11% |
| Q1 2025 | $60M | +6.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $61.2M | +17% |
GSAT's revenue is growing: $71M last quarter, down 4% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 11% | -3 points |
| Q2 2026 | -7.4% | -17 points |
| Q1 2026 | 12% | +26 points |
| Q4 2025 | -0.5% | +6.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | 14% | +0.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | 9.2% | +12 points |
| Q1 2025 | -14% | -5.8 points |
| Q4 2024 | -7% | +16 points |
GSAT's operating margin was 11% last quarter, down 3 points from the same quarter a year ago.
META Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $64.6B | +26% |
| Q2 2026 | $60.8B | +28% |
| Q1 2026 | $56.3B | +33% |
| Q4 2025 | $59.9B | +24% |
| Q3 2025 | $51.2B | +26% |
| Q2 2025 | $47.5B | +22% |
| Q1 2025 | $42.3B | +16% |
| Q4 2024 | $48.4B | +21% |
META has the edge over GSAT on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 20% | -20 points |
| Q2 2026 | 31% | -12 points |
| Q1 2026 | 41% | -0.9 points |
| Q4 2025 | 41% | -7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 40% | -2.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | 43% | +5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 41% | +3.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 48% | +7.4 points |
META has the edge over GSAT on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
GSAT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $136.1M | -42% |
| Q2 2026 | $123M | -21% |
| Q1 2026 | $33.7M | -34% |
| Q4 2025 | $174.6M | -49% |
| Q3 2025 | $234.6M | +652% |
| Q2 2025 | $156.2M | +362% |
| Q1 2025 | $50.7M | +82% |
| Q4 2024 | $339.5M | +8745% |
GSAT has the edge over META on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
META Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.2B | -110% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.7B | -81% |
| Q1 2026 | $13.2B | +19% |
| Q4 2025 | $14.8B | +9.3% |
| Q3 2025 | $11.2B | -32% |
| Q2 2025 | $9B | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $11.1B | -14% |
| Q4 2024 | $13.6B | +16% |
META usually generates cash, though not every quarter: the latest was −$1.2B, but it generated $28.6B over the past year.
GSAT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.4% | +459K shares |
| 1 year | +2.3% | +2.9M shares |
| 3 years | +5.9% | +7.2M shares |
| 5 years | +8.4% | +10M shares |
| Available history | +34% | +32.7M shares |
GSAT has 130M diluted shares, up 2.3% from a year ago.
META Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.3% | +7M shares |
| 1 year | 0% | +1M shares |
| 3 years | -2.6% | -68M shares |
| 5 years | -10% | -286M shares |
| Available history | -11% | -303M shares |
META has the edge over GSAT on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | $3.3B |
| Q2 2025 | $10.2B |
| Q1 2025 | $12.8B |
| Q4 2024 | — |
META hasn't bought back shares in the past year.
GSAT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | 1.1x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 0.4x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 2.0x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 3.1x | Elevated |
| Q4 2024 | 1.4x | Healthy |
GSAT has the edge over META on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
META Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.2x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.2x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.2x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.0x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
META's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA).
GSAT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 69.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 76.4 | Neutral |
GSAT's weekly RSI is 69 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 76 (neutral).
META Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 48.2 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 33.7 | Neutral |
META's weekly RSI is 48 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 34 (neutral).
GSAT PE vs Communication Services Sector
GSAT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
META PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | META | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 21x | 16x | 29% above |
| PE % | 18 | 26 | 8 pts below |
META is trading at 21x earnings, a 29% premium to the Communication Services sector's median of 16x.
GSAT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $83.5 | 3.3% above |
| 20 week MA | $82.4 | 4.7% above |
| 50 week MA | $75.0 | 15% above |
| 100 week MA | $52.2 | 65% above |
| 200 week MA | $36.1 | 139% above |
GSAT has the edge over META on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
META Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $674.9 | 7.6% below |
| 20 week MA | $634.5 | 1.7% below |
| 50 week MA | $630.8 | 1.1% below |
| 100 week MA | $647.8 | 3.7% below |
| 200 week MA | $517.5 | 21% above |
META has fallen below most of its moving averages, though it's still 21% above its 200-week average.
GSAT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $7.44 | $5.69 | -24% |
| 2021 | $5.69 | $18.8 | +230% |
| 2022 | $18.8 | $19.4 | +3.2% |
| 2023 | $19.4 | $29.1 | +50% |
| 2024 | $29.1 | $32.3 | +11% |
| 2025 | $32.3 | $62.9 | +95% |
| 2026 YTD | $62.9 | $86.2 | +37% |
GSAT has the edge over META on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
META Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $208.1 | $267.4 | +28% |
| 2021 | $267.4 | $335.2 | +25% |
| 2022 | $335.2 | $118.0 | -65% |
| 2023 | $118.0 | $354.0 | +200% |
| 2024 | $354.0 | $599.8 | +69% |
| 2025 | $599.8 | $663.3 | +11% |
| 2026 YTD | $663.3 | $623.6 | -6% |
META's yearly returns have swung widely, from +200% in 2023 to −65% in 2022. It's down 6% so far in 2026.