Upbound Group (UPBD) Competitors

QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) and Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QXO or UPBD?

Upbound Group received 7 more outperform votes than QXO when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
QXO	N/A	N/A
Upbound Group	Outperform Votes 7 36.84%	Underperform Votes 12 63.16%

Do analysts recommend QXO or UPBD?

Upbound Group has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.19%. Given Upbound Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Upbound Group is more favorable than QXO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QXO	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Upbound Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has better earnings & valuation, QXO or UPBD?

QXO has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Upbound Group. QXO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upbound Group, 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
QXO	$56.87M	99.49	-$1.07M	-$9.78	-1.41
Upbound Group	$4.32B	0.33	-$5.18M	$2.21	11.22

Does the media prefer QXO or UPBD?

In the previous week, QXO had 14 more articles in the media than Upbound Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for QXO and 6 mentions for Upbound Group. Upbound Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat QXO's score of 0.55 indicating that Upbound Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
QXO	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Upbound Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, QXO or UPBD?

QXO has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upbound Group has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in QXO or UPBD?

58.7% of QXO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Upbound Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.3% of QXO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Upbound Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is QXO or UPBD more profitable?

QXO has a net margin of 30.08% compared to Upbound Group's net margin of 2.86%. Upbound Group's return on equity of 35.47% beat QXO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QXO	30.08%	1.58%	1.30%
Upbound Group	2.86%	35.47%	8.18%

Summary

Upbound Group beats QXO on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.