Critical Comparison: QXO (QXO) & Its Peers

QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) is one of 137 publicly-traded companies in the “Data processing & preparation” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare QXO to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

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	-155.30%	-1,981.24%	-8.62%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for QXO and its peers, 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	760	3989	5397	116	2.47

As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 14.64%. Given QXO’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QXO has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
QXO	$57.11 million	-$1.07 million	-8.76
QXO Competitors	$1.33 billion	$8.87 million	-8.67

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.

Volatility & 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 peers have a beta of 1.11, suggesting that their average share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

58.7% of QXO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.9% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by institutional investors. 90.6% of QXO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.