Eightco (ORBS) vs. Its Rivals Head-To-Head Review

Eightco (NASDAQ:ORBS) is one of 343 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Eightco to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Eightco has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eightco’s competitors have a beta of 2.27, suggesting that their average stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Eightco and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eightco	$32.98 million	-$262.01 million	-4.73
Eightco Competitors	$6.36 billion	$1.09 billion	9.28

Eightco’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Eightco. Eightco 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 recent ratings for Eightco and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eightco	1	0	0	0	1.00
Eightco Competitors	1904	6746	11435	419	2.51

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential upside of 3.24%. Given Eightco’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eightco has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

12.9% of Eightco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Eightco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eightco	-1,260.96%	-78.14%	-74.31%
Eightco Competitors	-408.40%	-22.15%	-5.71%

Summary

Eightco competitors beat Eightco on 13 of the 13 factors compared.

About Eightco

Eightco Holdings Inc. provides bitcoin mining equipment and co-location services. It also manufactures and sells container boards, corrugated products, and specialty paper products in North America. The company was incorporated in 1966 and is headquartered in Safety Harbor, Florida.