Head to Head Review: QXO (QXO) vs. Its Rivals

QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) is one of 144 public companies in the “Data processing & preparation” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare QXO to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for QXO and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QXO	0	0	0	0	N/A
QXO Competitors	799	4266	5750	125	2.48

As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 15.90%. Given QXO’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QXO has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility & Risk

QXO has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QXO’s peers have a beta of 1.09, indicating that their average stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares QXO and its peers’ 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	-149.16%	-1,892.29%	-8.36%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

58.7% of QXO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by institutional investors. 90.6% of QXO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.7% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
QXO	$57.11 million	-$1.07 million	-1.24
QXO Competitors	$5.91 billion	$8.07 million	-0.12

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

Summary

QXO beats its peers 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.