Gaia (GAIA) Competitors

Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF) and Gaia (NASDAQ:GAIA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, XPOF or GAIA?

Xponential Fitness has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gaia has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor XPOF or GAIA?

Gaia received 331 more outperform votes than Xponential Fitness when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.17% of users gave Gaia an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Xponential Fitness an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Xponential Fitness	Outperform Votes 48 53.33%	Underperform Votes 42 46.67%
Gaia	Outperform Votes 379 73.17%	Underperform Votes 139 26.83%

Do analysts prefer XPOF or GAIA?

Xponential Fitness presently has a consensus target price of $13.94, indicating a potential upside of 68.31%. Gaia has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 83.07%. Given Gaia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gaia is more favorable than Xponential Fitness.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xponential Fitness	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Gaia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Is XPOF or GAIA more profitable?

Gaia has a net margin of -7.23% compared to Xponential Fitness' net margin of -9.15%. Xponential Fitness' return on equity of -4.37% beat Gaia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xponential Fitness	-9.15%	-4.37%	1.94%
Gaia	-7.23%	-6.90%	-4.59%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, XPOF or GAIA?

Gaia has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Xponential Fitness. Gaia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xponential Fitness, 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
Xponential Fitness	$317.54M	1.27	-$17.48M	-$2.04	-4.06
Gaia	$92.89M	1.18	-$5.80M	-$0.21	-20.81

Does the media prefer XPOF or GAIA?

In the previous week, Gaia had 8 more articles in the media than Xponential Fitness. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Gaia and 9 mentions for Xponential Fitness. Xponential Fitness' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Gaia's score of -0.18 indicating that Xponential Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Xponential Fitness	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gaia	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of XPOF or GAIA?

58.5% of Xponential Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Gaia shares are held by institutional investors. 42.3% of Xponential Fitness shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.6% of Gaia shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Xponential Fitness beats Gaia on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.