Xerox (XRX) Competitors

Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) and Xerox (NYSE:XRX) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do analysts rate PLUG or XRX?

Plug Power presently has a consensus target price of $6.05, indicating a potential upside of 126.77%. Xerox has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.31%. Given Xerox's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plug Power is more favorable than Xerox.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plug Power	4 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.12
Xerox	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PLUG or XRX?

43.5% of Plug Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Xerox shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Plug Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Xerox shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PLUG or XRX more profitable?

Xerox has a net margin of 0.01% compared to Xerox's net margin of -153.57%. Plug Power's return on equity of 9.41% beat Xerox's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plug Power	-153.57%	-38.09%	-24.82%
Xerox	0.01%	9.41%	2.73%

Does the media favor PLUG or XRX?

In the previous week, Plug Power had 10 more articles in the media than Xerox. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Plug Power and 9 mentions for Xerox. Plug Power's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Xerox's score of 0.10 indicating that Xerox is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plug Power	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Xerox	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, PLUG or XRX?

Xerox has higher revenue and earnings than Plug Power. Xerox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plug Power, 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
Plug Power	$891.34M	2.05	-$1.37B	-$2.29	-1.17
Xerox	$6.89B	0.30	$1M	-$0.20	-82.20

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PLUG or XRX?

Plug Power received 294 more outperform votes than Xerox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave Plug Power an outperform vote while only 54.26% of users gave Xerox an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plug Power	Outperform Votes 746 66.55%	Underperform Votes 375 33.45%
Xerox	Outperform Votes 452 54.26%	Underperform Votes 381 45.74%

Which has more risk and volatility, PLUG or XRX?

Plug Power has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xerox has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Plug Power and Xerox tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.