Head to Head Comparison: Expion360 (NASDAQ:XPON) and Garmin (NYSE:GRMN)

Expion360 (NASDAQ:XPON) and Garmin (NYSE:GRMN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Expion360 and Garmin”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Expion360	$9.65 million	0.93	-$6.24 million	($1.38)	-0.60
Garmin	$7.25 billion	7.10	$1.66 billion	$8.60	31.09

Garmin has higher revenue and earnings than Expion360. Expion360 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Garmin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Expion360 and Garmin, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expion360	1	0	0	0	1.00
Garmin	1	2	2	2	2.71

Garmin has a consensus target price of $258.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.49%. Given Garmin’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Garmin is more favorable than Expion360.

Profitability

This table compares Expion360 and Garmin’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expion360	-64.61%	-119.83%	-68.13%
Garmin	22.96%	19.64%	15.93%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

34.5% of Expion360 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Garmin shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Expion360 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Garmin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Expion360 has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Garmin has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Garmin beats Expion360 on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Expion360

Expion360 Inc. designs, assembles, manufactures, and sells lithium iron phosphate batteries and supporting accessories under the VPR 4EVER name for recreational vehicles, marine, golf, industrial, residential, and off-the-grid applications. It provides battery monitors; direct current battery chargers; various models of industrial tie-downs; power generators AURA POWERCAP; terminal blocks; and bus bars. The company also engages in the development of e360 Home Energy Storage systems; e360 SmartTalk mobile application. It serves dealers, wholesalers, private label customers, and original equipment manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Yozamp Products Company, LLC and changed its name to Expion360 Inc. in November 2021. Expion360 Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Redmond, Oregon.

About Garmin

Garmin Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes a range of wireless devices worldwide. Its Fitness segment offers running and multi-sport watches; cycling products; smartwatch devices; scales and monitors; and fitness accessories. This segment also provides Garmin Connect and Garmin Connect Mobile, which are web and mobile platforms where users can track and analyze their fitness, activities and workouts, and wellness data; and Connect IQ, an application development platform. The company's Outdoor segment offers adventure watches, outdoor handhelds and satellite communicators, golf devices, consumer automotive devices, and dog devices, as well as InReach and Gramin response communication device. Its Aviation segment designs, manufactures, and markets various aircraft avionics solutions, including integrated flight decks, electronic flight displays and instrumentation, navigation and communication products, automatic flight control systems and safety-enhancing technologies, audio control systems, engine indication systems, traffic awareness and avoidance solutions, ADS-B and transponders, weather information and avoidance solutions, datalink and connectivity solutions, and various services. The company's Marine segment provides chartplotters and multi-function displays, cartography products, fishfinders, sonar products, autopilot systems, radars, compliant instrument displays and sensors, VHF communication radios, handhelds and wearable devices, sailing products, audio products and accessories, digital switching products, and trolling motors. Its Auto segment offers embedded domain controllers and infotainment units; and software, map database, cameras, wearables, and automotive solutions. The company sells its products through independent retailers, dealers, distributors, installation and repair shops, and original equipment manufacturers, as well as online webshop. Garmin Ltd. was founded in 1989 and is based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.