Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE:XPOF) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" from Brokerages

Key Points

• Xponential Fitness, Inc. has received a consensus recommendation of "Hold" from ten rating firms, with one sell, six hold, two buy, and one strong buy ratings.
• Director Bruce N. Haase purchased 70,000 shares of Xponential Fitness stock at $7.67 each, significantly increasing his stake by 269.88%.
• The average 1-year price target for Xponential Fitness among brokerages is $12.31, while the stock trades around $7.02 with a market cap of $342.64 million.

Shares of Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE:XPOF - Get Free Report) have been given a consensus recommendation of "Hold" by the ten ratings firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have given a hold recommendation, two have assigned a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $12.3125.

A number of research firms recently commented on XPOF. Wall Street Zen cut Xponential Fitness from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, October 18th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "sell (d-)" rating on shares of Xponential Fitness in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. UBS Group began coverage on Xponential Fitness in a research note on Friday, October 17th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $8.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Raymond James Financial reduced their target price on Xponential Fitness from $15.00 to $14.00 and set a "strong-buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 8th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Xponential Fitness news, Director Bruce N. Haase purchased 70,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $7.67 per share, for a total transaction of $536,900.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 95,937 shares in the company, valued at approximately $735,836.79. This represents a 269.88% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 42.26% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Xponential Fitness

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in XPOF. Nomura Holdings Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Xponential Fitness by 3,716.6% during the second quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. now owns 1,297,829 shares of the company's stock worth $9,721,000 after purchasing an additional 1,263,824 shares during the period. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Xponential Fitness by 4.9% during the second quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC now owns 39,871 shares of the company's stock worth $302,000 after purchasing an additional 1,859 shares during the period. Solel Partners LP bought a new position in Xponential Fitness in the second quarter worth about $1,945,000. Man Group plc raised its stake in Xponential Fitness by 167.7% in the second quarter. Man Group plc now owns 85,653 shares of the company's stock worth $642,000 after buying an additional 53,661 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Militia Capital Partners LP bought a new position in Xponential Fitness in the second quarter worth about $126,000. 58.55% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Xponential Fitness Stock Performance

Xponential Fitness stock opened at $7.02 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $342.64 million, a P/E ratio of -3.99 and a beta of 1.45. Xponential Fitness has a fifty-two week low of $6.64 and a fifty-two week high of $18.87. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $8.09 and its 200-day moving average price is $8.57.

Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $76.21 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $77.23 million. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted ($0.29) EPS. Xponential Fitness has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Xponential Fitness will post 0.61 earnings per share for the current year.

About Xponential Fitness

Xponential Fitness, Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a boutique fitness franchisor in North America. It offers pilates, indoor cycling, barre, stretching, rowing, dancing, boxing, running, functional training, and yoga services under the Club Pilates, Pure Barre, CycleBar, StretchLab, Row House, YogaSix, Rumble, AKT, Stride, and BFT brands.

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