QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) & D-Wave Quantum (NYSE:QBTS) Head-To-Head Survey

QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) and D-Wave Quantum (NYSE:QBTS) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

58.7% of QXO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of D-Wave Quantum shares are held by institutional investors. 90.6% of QXO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of D-Wave Quantum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for QXO and D-Wave Quantum, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QXO	0	0	0	0	N/A
D-Wave Quantum	0	0	7	0	3.00

D-Wave Quantum has a consensus price target of $2.54, indicating a potential upside of 116.73%. Given D-Wave Quantum’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe D-Wave Quantum is more favorable than QXO.

Volatility & Risk

QXO has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D-Wave Quantum has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares QXO and D-Wave Quantum”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
QXO	$57.11 million	110.41	-$1.07 million	($1.76)	-8.75
D-Wave Quantum	$8.76 million	26.90	-$82.71 million	($0.43)	-2.72

QXO has higher revenue and earnings than D-Wave Quantum. QXO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than D-Wave Quantum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares QXO and D-Wave Quantum’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QXO	-3.75%	0.51%	0.24%
D-Wave Quantum	-661.66%	N/A	-111.58%

Summary

QXO beats D-Wave Quantum on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About D-Wave Quantum

D-Wave Quantum Inc. develops and delivers quantum computing systems, software, and services worldwide. The company offers Advantage, a fifth-generation quantum computer; Ocean, a suite of open-source python tools; and Leap, a cloud-based service that provides real-time access to a live quantum computer, as well as access to Advantage, hybrid solvers, the Ocean software development kit, live code, demos, learning resources, and a vibrant developer community. It also provides D-Wave Launch, a quantum professional service that guides enterprises from problem discovery through production implementation. The company's quantum solutions are used in logistics, financial services, drug discovery, materials sciences, scheduling, fault detection, mobility, and supply chain management. It serves financial services, manufacturing/logistics, mobility, and life sciences/pharmaceuticals industries. D-Wave Quantum Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.