Comparing QXO (QXO) & The Competition

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings 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	4268	5855	131	2.48

As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 19.47%. Given QXO’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QXO has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider & Institutional 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

QXO has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QXO’s rivals have a beta of 1.08, suggesting that their average share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares QXO and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
QXO	$57.11 million	-$1.07 million	-7.94
QXO Competitors	$5.87 billion	$10.38 million	-4.48

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.

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	-145.16%	-1,849.52%	-7.74%

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.