Xponential Fitness (XPOF) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in XPOF or BOWL?

58.5% of Xponential Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Bowlero shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.8% of Xponential Fitness shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 79.9% of Bowlero shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is XPOF or BOWL more profitable?

Bowlero has a net margin of -6.63% compared to Xponential Fitness' net margin of -9.15%. Xponential Fitness' return on equity of -4.37% beat Bowlero's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xponential Fitness	-9.15%	-4.37%	1.94%
Bowlero	-6.63%	-31.58%	1.31%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, XPOF or BOWL?

Xponential Fitness has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bowlero. Bowlero 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	$320.35M	1.32	-$17.48M	-$2.24	-3.89
Bowlero	$1.19B	1.17	-$83.58M	-$0.61	-15.49

Which has more volatility & risk, XPOF or BOWL?

Xponential Fitness has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowlero has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate XPOF or BOWL?

Xponential Fitness presently has a consensus target price of $15.28, suggesting a potential upside of 75.51%. Bowlero has a consensus target price of $15.89, suggesting a potential upside of 68.14%. Given Xponential Fitness' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Xponential Fitness is more favorable than Bowlero.

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
Bowlero	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media favor XPOF or BOWL?

In the previous week, Xponential Fitness had 4 more articles in the media than Bowlero. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Xponential Fitness and 2 mentions for Bowlero. Xponential Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Bowlero's score of 0.00 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bowlero	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in XPOF or BOWL?

Xponential Fitness received 12 more outperform votes than Bowlero when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.91% of users gave Bowlero an outperform vote while only 52.27% of users gave Xponential Fitness an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Xponential Fitness	Outperform Votes 46 52.27%	Underperform Votes 42 47.73%
Bowlero	Outperform Votes 34 73.91%	Underperform Votes 12 26.09%

Summary

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