Expion360 (XPON) Competitors

Energy Focus (NASDAQ:EFOI) and Expion360 (NASDAQ:XPON) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, EFOI or XPON?

Energy Focus has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expion360 has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, EFOI or XPON?

Energy Focus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Expion360. Energy Focus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expion360, 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
Energy Focus	$4.64M	2.15	-$4.29M	-$0.28	-6.66
Expion360	$6.70M	0.44	-$7.46M	-$116.55	-0.01

Does the media favor EFOI or XPON?

In the previous week, Energy Focus and Energy Focus both had 2 articles in the media. Energy Focus' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Expion360's score of 0.44 indicating that Energy Focus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Energy Focus	Positive
Expion360	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EFOI or XPON?

Energy Focus received 251 more outperform votes than Expion360 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Expion360 an outperform vote while only 47.28% of users gave Energy Focus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Energy Focus	Outperform Votes 252 47.28%	Underperform Votes 281 52.72%
Expion360	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EFOI or XPON?

3.7% of Energy Focus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Expion360 shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.9% of Energy Focus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Expion360 shares are owned by company 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 EFOI or XPON more profitable?

Energy Focus has a net margin of -35.77% compared to Expion360's net margin of -342.61%. Energy Focus' return on equity of -71.48% beat Expion360's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energy Focus	-35.77%	-71.48%	-29.86%
Expion360	-342.61%	-413.14%	-142.70%

Summary

Energy Focus beats Expion360 on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.