ECARX (ECX) Competitors

ECARX (NASDAQ:ECX) and Grindr (NYSE:GRND) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ECX or GRND?

7.2% of Grindr shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of ECARX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 76.4% of Grindr shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, ECX or GRND?

ECARX has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grindr has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ECX or GRND?

In the previous week, ECARX had 1 more articles in the media than Grindr. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ECARX and 5 mentions for Grindr. Grindr's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat ECARX's score of 0.73 indicating that Grindr is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ECARX	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Grindr	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend ECX or GRND?

ECARX currently has a consensus target price of $3.20, suggesting a potential upside of 32.23%. Grindr has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.98%. Given ECARX's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ECARX is more favorable than Grindr.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ECARX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Grindr	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, ECX or GRND?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ECARX	$5.56B	0.15	-$132.42M	-$0.39	-6.21
Grindr	$344.64M	10.79	-$55.77M	-$0.79	-22.61

Is ECX or GRND more profitable?

Grindr has a net margin of -16.27% compared to ECARX's net margin of -22.01%. ECARX's return on equity of 0.00% beat Grindr's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ECARX	-22.01%	N/A	-30.30%
Grindr	-16.27%	-177.83%	9.57%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ECX or GRND?

Grindr received 13 more outperform votes than ECARX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ECARX an outperform vote while only 93.75% of users gave Grindr an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ECARX	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Grindr	Outperform Votes 15 93.75%	Underperform Votes 1 6.25%

Summary

Grindr beats ECARX on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.