QXO (QXO) versus The Competition Financial Contrast

QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) is one of 136 public companies in the “Data processing & preparation” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare QXO to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

58.7% of QXO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by institutional investors. 90.6% of QXO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

QXO has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QXO’s rivals have a beta of 1.14, suggesting that their average share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares QXO and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
QXO	$54.52 million	-$1.07 million	-1.25
QXO Competitors	$1.25 billion	$9.43 million	-6.91

QXO’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than QXO. QXO 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QXO	-3.75%	0.51%	0.24%
QXO Competitors	-143.31%	-2,004.76%	-8.70%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for QXO and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QXO	0	0	0	0	N/A
QXO Competitors	760	3996	5403	116	2.47

As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 14.57%. Given QXO’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe QXO has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

QXO beats its rivals on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

About QXO

QXO, Inc. operates as a business application, technology, and consulting company in North America. The company provides solutions for accounting and business management, financial reporting, enterprise resource planning, human capital management, warehouse management systems, customer relationship management, and business intelligence. It also offers value-added services that focuses on consulting and professional, specialized programming, training, and technical support services. In addition, the company provides information technology managed services, such as cybersecurity, application hosting, disaster recovery, business continuity, cloud, and other services; and data back-up, network maintenance, and upgrade services. It serves small and medium-sized businesses primarily in the manufacturing, distribution, and service industries. QXO, Inc. is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.