Xponential Fitness (XPOF) Competitors

United Parks & Resorts (NYSE:PRKS) and Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PRKS or XPOF?

United Parks & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Xponential Fitness. Xponential Fitness is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Parks & Resorts, 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
United Parks & Resorts	$1.73B	1.67	$234.20M	$3.99	13.13
Xponential Fitness	$318.66M	2.38	-$17.48M	-$1.16	-13.52

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PRKS or XPOF?

58.6% of Xponential Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of United Parks & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.8% of Xponential Fitness shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PRKS or XPOF more profitable?

United Parks & Resorts has a net margin of 13.85% compared to Xponential Fitness' net margin of -9.15%. Xponential Fitness' return on equity of -4.37% beat United Parks & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United Parks & Resorts	13.85%	-76.13%	9.11%
Xponential Fitness	-9.15%	-4.37%	1.94%

Does the media favor PRKS or XPOF?

In the previous week, United Parks & Resorts had 2 more articles in the media than Xponential Fitness. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for United Parks & Resorts and 4 mentions for Xponential Fitness. United Parks & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Xponential Fitness' score of 0.67 indicating that United Parks & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
United Parks & Resorts	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Xponential Fitness	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PRKS or XPOF?

Xponential Fitness received 30 more outperform votes than United Parks & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.69% of users gave United Parks & Resorts an outperform vote while only 53.57% of users gave Xponential Fitness an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
United Parks & Resorts	Outperform Votes 15 57.69%	Underperform Votes 11 42.31%
Xponential Fitness	Outperform Votes 45 53.57%	Underperform Votes 39 46.43%

Which has more volatility & risk, PRKS or XPOF?

United Parks & Resorts has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xponential Fitness has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PRKS or XPOF?

United Parks & Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $62.60, indicating a potential upside of 19.48%. Xponential Fitness has a consensus target price of $17.60, indicating a potential upside of 12.24%. Given United Parks & Resorts' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United Parks & Resorts is more favorable than Xponential Fitness.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United Parks & Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Xponential Fitness	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

United Parks & Resorts beats Xponential Fitness on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.