Critical Contrast: XCHG (XCH) & Its Competitors

XCHG (NASDAQ:XCH) is one of 68 public companies in the “ELEC PRODS – MISC” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare XCHG to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares XCHG and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
XCHG	N/A	N/A	-19.13
XCHG Competitors	$3.76 billion	$289.06 million	10.42

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for XCHG and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XCHG	1	0	0	0	1.00
XCHG Competitors	378	1673	2287	174	2.50

As a group, “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies have a potential upside of 2.13%. Given XCHG’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe XCHG has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.9% of shares of all “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares XCHG and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XCHG	N/A	N/A	N/A
XCHG Competitors	-98.33%	-22.03%	-8.28%

Volatility & Risk

XCHG has a beta of -1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 202% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XCHG’s competitors have a beta of 0.81, suggesting that their average stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

XCHG competitors beat XCHG on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

About XCHG

XCHG Limited engages in designing, manufacturing, and selling of electric vehicle (EV) chargers under the X-Charge brand name in Europe, the People’s Republic of China, and internationally. The company offers direct current (DC) fast chargers under the C6 series and C7 series; and battery-integrated DC fast chargers under the Net Zero series, as well as software system upgrades and hardware maintenance services. It serves EV manufacturers, energy players, and charge point operators. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.