Head to Head Comparison: Xperi (XPER) versus Its Peers

Xperi (NYSE:XPER) is one of 43 publicly-traded companies in the “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Xperi to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

94.3% of Xperi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Xperi shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Xperi has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xperi’s rivals have a beta of 0.77, meaning that their average share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Xperi and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xperi	1	1	0	0	1.50
Xperi Competitors	84	185	205	9	2.29

As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 75.45%. Given Xperi’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Xperi has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Xperi and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xperi	1.53%	-0.22%	-0.14%
Xperi Competitors	-53.73%	-1,002.64%	-68.20%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Xperi and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xperi	$493.69 million	-$14.01 million	38.88
Xperi Competitors	$261.30 million	-$40.93 million	-9.02

Xperi has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Xperi is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Xperi beats its rivals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Xperi

Xperi Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer and entertainment product/solutions licensing company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Product, and Intellectual Property Licensing. The company invents, develops, and delivers various technologies. It licenses audio, digital radio, imaging, edge-based machine learning, and multi-channel video user experience solutions to consumer electronics customers, automotive manufacturers, or supply chain partners. The company also provides licensing to multichannel video programming distributors, OTT video service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, social media, and other new media companies in media industry; and memory, sensors, RF component, and foundry companies in semiconductor industry. It provides its technologies under the DTS, HD Radio, IMAX Enhanced, Invensas, TiVo, and Perceive brands. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.