X3 (XTKG) Competitors

X3 (NASDAQ:XTKG) and Snail (NASDAQ:SNAL) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, XTKG or SNAL?

Snail has higher revenue and earnings than X3.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
X3	$15.23M	1.10	-$109.60M	N/A	N/A
Snail	$86.82M	0.44	-$9.09M	$0.09	11.56

Which has more volatility & risk, XTKG or SNAL?

X3 has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snail has a beta of -0.55, suggesting that its share price is 155% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is XTKG or SNAL more profitable?

Snail has a net margin of 3.15% compared to X3's net margin of 0.00%. Snail's return on equity of 136.34% beat X3's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
X3	N/A	N/A	N/A
Snail	3.15%	136.34%	3.51%

Does the media favor XTKG or SNAL?

In the previous week, Snail had 14 more articles in the media than X3. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Snail and 3 mentions for X3. X3's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Snail's score of 0.42 indicating that X3 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
X3	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Snail	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in XTKG or SNAL?

1.9% of X3 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Snail shares are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of X3 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 78.2% of Snail shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer XTKG or SNAL?

Snail received 1 more outperform votes than X3 when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
X3	N/A	N/A
Snail	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

Snail beats X3 on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.