Contrasting QXO (QXO) and The Competition

QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) is one of 146 publicly-traded companies in the “Data processing & preparation” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare QXO to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares QXO and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
QXO	$54.52 million	-$1.07 million	-8.15
QXO Competitors	$5.87 billion	$10.38 million	-4.62

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QXO	0	0	0	0	N/A
QXO Competitors	802	4265	5852	129	2.48

As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 19.95%. Given QXO’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QXO has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

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	-143.65%	-1,829.77%	-7.84%

Volatility & Risk

QXO has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QXO’s rivals have a beta of 1.06, meaning that their average share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

58.7% of QXO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are owned by institutional investors. 90.6% of QXO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

QXO beats its rivals on 6 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.