Contrasting PhoneX (PXHI) and The Competition

PhoneX (OTCMKTS:PXHI) is one of 57 public companies in the “Internet Retail” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare PhoneX to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

PhoneX has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PhoneX’s competitors have a beta of 1.63, suggesting that their average stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares PhoneX and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PhoneX	3.46%	N/A	N/A
PhoneX Competitors	-8.26%	-27.03%	-4.67%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for PhoneX and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PhoneX	0	0	0	0	N/A
PhoneX Competitors	299	1017	1915	7	2.50

As a group, “Internet Retail” companies have a potential upside of 30.43%. Given PhoneX’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PhoneX has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares PhoneX and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PhoneX	$179.41 million	$6.41 million	6.31
PhoneX Competitors	$2.83 billion	-$171.63 million	724.11

PhoneX’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than PhoneX. PhoneX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

36.8% of shares of all “Internet Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of PhoneX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Internet Retail” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

About PhoneX

PhoneX Holdings, Inc. operates as a market maker of used smartphones. The company acquires products from individual consumers through its uSell.com Website, as well as from various carriers, big box retailers, and manufacturers through its subsidiary, We Sell Cellular. It sells its devices to professional buyers, such as brick and mortar retailers, online retailers, large and small wholesalers, small repair shops, large refurbishing providers, and insurance companies, as well as directly to consumers through third party e-commerce platforms. The company was formerly known as usell.com, Inc. and changed its name to PhoneX Holdings, Inc. in May 2019. PhoneX Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, New York.