Upbound Group (UPBD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UPBD or QXO?

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

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Upbound Group	Outperform Votes 7 38.89%	Underperform Votes 11 61.11%
QXO	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of UPBD or QXO?

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

Do analysts prefer UPBD or QXO?

Upbound Group presently has a consensus price target of $39.17, suggesting a potential upside of 32.59%. Given Upbound Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Upbound Group is more favorable than QXO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Upbound Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
QXO	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is UPBD or QXO more profitable?

QXO has a net margin of 30.08% compared to Upbound Group's net margin of 1.91%. Upbound Group's return on equity of 34.15% beat QXO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Upbound Group	1.91%	34.15%	7.60%
QXO	30.08%	1.58%	1.30%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UPBD or QXO?

QXO has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Upbound Group	$3.99B	0.40	-$5.18M	$1.45	20.37
QXO	$54.52M	105.25	-$1.07M	-$9.12	-1.54

Which has more volatility & risk, UPBD or QXO?

Upbound Group has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QXO has a beta of 2.32, suggesting that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer UPBD or QXO?

In the previous week, QXO had 10 more articles in the media than Upbound Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for QXO and 2 mentions for Upbound Group. Upbound Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat QXO's score of 0.34 indicating that Upbound Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Upbound Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
QXO	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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