Reviewing Eightco (ORBS) & Its Competitors

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

Volatility and Risk

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.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eightco	$32.98 million	-$262.01 million	-3.81
Eightco Competitors	$11.23 billion	$1.07 billion	10.49

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.

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	-405.59%	-21.92%	-5.67%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets 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	1889	6807	11500	414	2.51

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential upside of 4.09%. Given Eightco’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eightco has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

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

Summary

Eightco peers beat Eightco on 13 of the 13 factors compared.

Eightco Company Profile

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.