Comparing The Generation Essentials Group (NYSE:TGE) and Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF)

The Generation Essentials Group (NYSE:TGE) and Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares The Generation Essentials Group and Xponential Fitness’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Generation Essentials Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Xponential Fitness	-11.28%	-3.40%	3.29%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for The Generation Essentials Group and Xponential Fitness, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Generation Essentials Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Xponential Fitness	2	7	2	0	2.00

Xponential Fitness has a consensus price target of $8.44, suggesting a potential upside of 30.51%. Given Xponential Fitness’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Xponential Fitness is more favorable than The Generation Essentials Group.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares The Generation Essentials Group and Xponential Fitness”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Generation Essentials Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Xponential Fitness	$298.71 million	1.06	-$33.79 million	($1.38)	-4.68

The Generation Essentials Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xponential Fitness.

Volatility and Risk

The Generation Essentials Group has a beta of -1.26, suggesting that its share price is 226% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xponential Fitness has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

58.5% of Xponential Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. 28.6% of The Generation Essentials Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of Xponential Fitness 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.

Summary

Xponential Fitness beats The Generation Essentials Group on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About The Generation Essentials Group

Tallgrass Energy, LP, through its subsidiaries, provides crude oil transportation services to customers in Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and the surrounding regions of the United States. The company operates through three segments: Natural Gas Transportation; Crude Oil Transportation; and Gathering, Processing & Terminalling. It also provides natural gas transportation and storage services for customers in the Rocky Mountain, Midwest, and Appalachian regions; natural gas and crude oil gathering and processing services for customers in Wyoming; and natural gas liquids (NGLs) transportation services in Northeast Colorado and Wyoming. In addition, the company offers water business services, including freshwater transportation, and produced water gathering and disposal in Colorado, Texas, Wyoming, and North Dakota; crude oil storage and terminalling services in Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas; and marketing services for NGLs and crude oil. The company was formerly known as Tallgrass Energy GP, LP and changed its name to Tallgrass Energy, LP in June 2018. Tallgrass Energy, LP was founded in 2013 and is based in Leawood, Kansas.

About Xponential Fitness

Xponential Fitness, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a boutique fitness franchisor in North America. It offers pilates, indoor cycling, barre, stretching, rowing, dancing, boxing, running, functional training, and yoga services under the Club Pilates, Pure Barre, CycleBar, StretchLab, Row House, YogaSix, Rumble, AKT, Stride, and BFT brands. Xponential Fitness, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.