Head-To-Head Contrast: PhoneX (PXHI) vs. Its Peers

PhoneX (OTCMKTS:PXHI) is one of 59 public companies in the “Personal services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare PhoneX to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares PhoneX and its peers’ 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	-372.08%	-32.42%	-0.60%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

48.7% of shares of all “Personal services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.5% of PhoneX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of shares of all “Personal services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

PhoneX has a beta of 2.25, meaning that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PhoneX’s peers have a beta of 1.08, meaning that their average stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for PhoneX and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PhoneX	0	0	0	0	N/A
PhoneX Competitors	245	1011	1809	75	2.55

As a group, “Personal services” companies have a potential upside of 91.27%. Given PhoneX’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PhoneX has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PhoneX	$179.41 million	$6.41 million	7.19
PhoneX Competitors	$904.85 million	$27.36 million	223.98

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

Summary

PhoneX peers beat PhoneX on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

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.