Head to Head Review: Xponential Fitness (XPOF) & Its Competitors

Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF) is one of 382 public companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Xponential Fitness to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xponential Fitness	-13.64%	-3.40%	-0.66%
Xponential Fitness Competitors	2.33%	-40.13%	2.12%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

58.5% of Xponential Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by institutional investors. 24.1% of Xponential Fitness shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Xponential Fitness has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xponential Fitness’ rivals have a beta of 1.63, suggesting that their average share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xponential Fitness	1	10	1	0	2.00
Xponential Fitness Competitors	3788	17180	25454	901	2.50

Xponential Fitness currently has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 45.09%. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 60.50%. Given Xponential Fitness’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Xponential Fitness has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Xponential Fitness and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xponential Fitness	$288.47 million	-$33.79 million	-3.05
Xponential Fitness Competitors	$3.43 billion	$247.14 million	-148.55

Xponential Fitness’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Xponential Fitness. Xponential Fitness 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

Xponential Fitness rivals beat Xponential Fitness on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Xponential Fitness Company Profile

Xponential Fitness, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a boutique fitness franchisor in North America. It offers pilates, indoor cycling, barre, stretching, rowing, dancing, boxing, running, functional training, and yoga services under the Club Pilates, Pure Barre, CycleBar, StretchLab, Row House, YogaSix, Rumble, AKT, Stride, and BFT brands. Xponential Fitness, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.