Head to Head Review: XCHG (XCH) & The Competition

XCHG (NASDAQ:XCH) is one of 68 publicly-traded companies in the “ELEC PRODS – MISC” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare XCHG to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares XCHG and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XCHG	N/A	N/A	N/A
XCHG Competitors	-98.33%	-22.03%	-8.28%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares XCHG and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
XCHG	N/A	N/A	-17.13
XCHG Competitors	$3.76 billion	$289.06 million	10.35

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

XCHG has a beta of -1.01, indicating that its share price is 201% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XCHG’s peers have a beta of 0.82, indicating that their average share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for XCHG and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XCHG	1	0	0	0	1.00
XCHG Competitors	378	1675	2287	174	2.50

As a group, “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies have a potential upside of 4.58%. Given XCHG’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe XCHG has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

49.9% of shares of all “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of shares of all “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies are owned by company 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.

Summary

XCHG peers beat XCHG on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

XCHG Company Profile

XCHG Limited engages in designing, manufacturing, and selling of electric vehicle (EV) chargers under the X-Charge brand name in Europe, the People’s Republic of China, and internationally. The company offers direct current (DC) fast chargers under the C6 series and C7 series; and battery-integrated DC fast chargers under the Net Zero series, as well as software system upgrades and hardware maintenance services. It serves EV manufacturers, energy players, and charge point operators. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.