Contrasting Xponential Fitness (XPOF) and Its Competitors

Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF – Get Rating) is one of 28 public companies in the “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Xponential Fitness to related companies based on the strength of its risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Xponential Fitness and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xponential Fitness	0	0	9	1	3.10
Xponential Fitness Competitors	186	972	1786	56	2.57

Xponential Fitness currently has a consensus target price of $24.83, suggesting a potential upside of 34.02%. As a group, “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies have a potential upside of 46.63%. Given Xponential Fitness’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Xponential Fitness has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Xponential Fitness and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xponential Fitness	$155.08 million	$26.98 million	-3.97
Xponential Fitness Competitors	$3.74 billion	$52.84 million	8.24

Xponential Fitness’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Xponential Fitness. Xponential Fitness 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 Xponential Fitness and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xponential Fitness	-17.11%	-24.68%	13.70%
Xponential Fitness Competitors	-152.06%	-80.29%	-26.12%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.7% of Xponential Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of shares of all “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 69.3% of Xponential Fitness shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of shares of all “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Xponential Fitness beats its peers on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

About Xponential Fitness (Get Rating)

Xponential Fitness, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a boutique fitness franchisor in the United States and internationally. The company offers fitness and wellness services, including pilates, barre, cycling, stretching, rowing, yoga, boxing, dancing, running, and functional training under the Club Pilates, Pure Barre, CycleBar, StretchLab, Row House, YogaSix, Rumble, AKT, Stride, and BFT brands. As of December 31, 2021, it had 1,556 franchisees operating 1,954 open studios on an adjusted basis. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.