Head to Head Review: PhoneX (PXHI) and Its Peers

PhoneX (OTCMKTS:PXHI) is one of 59 public companies in the “Personal services” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare PhoneX to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.

Profitability

This table compares PhoneX and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PhoneX	3.46%	N/A	N/A
PhoneX Competitors	-372.08%	-32.42%	-0.60%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for PhoneX and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PhoneX	0	0	0	0	N/A
PhoneX Competitors	245	1011	1809	75	2.55

As a group, “Personal services” companies have a potential upside of 91.27%. Given PhoneX’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PhoneX has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares PhoneX and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PhoneX	$179.41 million	$6.41 million	7.19
PhoneX Competitors	$904.85 million	$27.36 million	223.98

PhoneX’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than PhoneX. PhoneX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

PhoneX has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PhoneX’s competitors have a beta of 1.08, indicating that their average share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

48.7% of shares of all “Personal services” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of PhoneX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of shares of all “Personal services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

PhoneX competitors beat PhoneX on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

About PhoneX

PhoneX Holdings, Inc. operates as a market maker of used smartphones. The company acquires products from individual consumers through its uSell.com Website, as well as from various carriers, big box retailers, and manufacturers through its subsidiary, We Sell Cellular. It sells its devices to professional buyers, such as brick and mortar retailers, online retailers, large and small wholesalers, small repair shops, large refurbishing providers, and insurance companies, as well as directly to consumers through third party e-commerce platforms. The company was formerly known as usell.com, Inc. and changed its name to PhoneX Holdings, Inc. in May 2019. PhoneX Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, New York.