Comparing Eightco (ORBS) and Its Rivals

Eightco (NASDAQ:ORBS) is one of 345 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Eightco to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Eightco and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eightco	$32.98 million	-$262.01 million	-4.11
Eightco Competitors	$24.20 billion	$1.07 billion	10.35

Eightco’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Eightco. Eightco 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Eightco and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eightco	1	0	0	0	1.00
Eightco Competitors	1897	6813	11511	414	2.51

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential upside of 4.15%. Given Eightco’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eightco has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Eightco and its peers’ 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	-405.72%	-21.94%	-5.67%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.9% of Eightco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Eightco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Eightco has a beta of 2.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eightco’s peers have a beta of 2.26, indicating that their average stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Eightco peers 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.