Reviewing SES (SGBAF) and Its Rivals

SES (OTCMKTS:SGBAF) is one of 202 public companies in the “Diversified Telecommunication Services” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare SES to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

32.7% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares SES and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SES	-8.96%	-9.43%	-1.93%
SES Competitors	-12.22%	-229.17%	-3.14%

Risk and Volatility

SES has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SES’s rivals have a beta of -4.71, indicating that their average stock price is 571% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SES and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SES	$2.97 billion	-$107.48 million	-6.22
SES Competitors	$1,837.49 billion	$976.35 million	-191.98

SES’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than SES. SES is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for SES and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SES	2	1	0	0	1.33
SES Competitors	1680	5133	7363	367	2.44

As a group, “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 21.58%. Given SES’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SES has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

SES rivals beat SES on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About SES

SES S.A. provides satellite-based data transmission capacity and ancillary services worldwide. The company offers content connectivity solutions, including network spanning satellite and ground infrastructure to create, deliver, and manage video and data solutions. It also provides data connectivity services through its fleet of geostationary earth orbit and medium earth orbit satellites to the aviation, cloud, cruise, energy, government, maritime, and telco and mobile network operator industries. In addition, the company offers video services, which includes end-to-end managed services to audience; and provides multi-screen and multi-device viewing experiences on linear channels, video-on-demand, streaming platforms, and social media sites for broadcasters, platform operators, and sports organizations. Further, it provides linear video aggregation and distribution, such as direct-to-home, direct-to-cable, and internet protocol TV households; channel management solutions comprising playout; and live feeds and redundancy features. The company was formerly known as SES Global SA and changed its name to SES S.A. in December 2006. SES S.A. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Betzdorf, Luxembourg.