Stagwell (STGW) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, QXO or STGW?

QXO has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stagwell has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, QXO or STGW?

Stagwell has higher revenue and earnings than QXO. QXO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stagwell, 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
QXO	$56.87M	104.81	-$1.07M	-$9.78	-1.36
Stagwell	$2.84B	0.52	$130K	$0.02	279.00

Does the media refer more to QXO or STGW?

In the previous week, QXO had 7 more articles in the media than Stagwell. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for QXO and 5 mentions for Stagwell. QXO's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Stagwell's score of 0.51 indicating that QXO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
QXO	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stagwell	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in QXO or STGW?

Stagwell received 44 more outperform votes than QXO when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
QXO	N/A	N/A
Stagwell	Outperform Votes 44 83.02%	Underperform Votes 9 16.98%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in QXO or STGW?

58.7% of QXO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.6% of Stagwell shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.3% of QXO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Stagwell shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is QXO or STGW more profitable?

QXO has a net margin of 30.08% compared to Stagwell's net margin of 0.01%. Stagwell's return on equity of 8.03% beat QXO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QXO	30.08%	1.58%	1.30%
Stagwell	0.01%	8.03%	1.64%

Do analysts rate QXO or STGW?

Stagwell has a consensus target price of $9.08, suggesting a potential upside of 62.78%. Given Stagwell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stagwell is more favorable than QXO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QXO	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Stagwell	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

Stagwell beats QXO on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.