GEA Group (OTCMKTS:GEAGF – Get Free Report) and XOS (NASDAQ:XOS – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for GEA Group and XOS, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| GEA Group | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
| XOS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares GEA Group and XOS”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| GEA Group | $6.22 billion | 2.05 | $468.41 million | $2.42 | 32.31 |
| XOS | $45.99 million | 0.87 | -$25.32 million | ($1.62) | -1.73 |
GEA Group has higher revenue and earnings than XOS. XOS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GEA Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
12.9% of XOS shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.7% of XOS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares GEA Group and XOS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| GEA Group | 7.70% | 18.21% | 7.52% |
| XOS | -51.68% | -80.31% | -32.05% |
Volatility and Risk
GEA Group has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XOS has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
GEA Group beats XOS on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About GEA Group
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft engages in the development and production of systems and components to the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. It operates through Separation & Flow Technologies, Liquid & Power Technologies, Food & Health Technologies, Farm Technologies, and Heating & Refrigeration Technologies segments. The Separation & Flow Technologies segment manufacture process-related components and machinery including notably separators, decanters, homogenizers, valves, and pumps. The Liquid & Power Technologies segment offers brewing systems, liquid processing and filling, concentration, precision fermentation, crystallization, purification, drying, powder handling, and packaging, as well as systems for emission control for dairy, beverage, food, chemical, and other industries. The Food & Health Technologies segment engages in the preparation, marination, and processing of meat, poultry, seafood, and vegan products, pasta and confectionery products, baking, slicing, packaging, and frozen food processing for food processing industry; and provides tablet presses for pharmaceutical industry. The Farm Technologies segment offers customer solution for milk production and livestock farming, which includes automatic milking and feeding system, conventional milking solutions, manure handling, and digital herd management tool. The Heating & Refrigeration Technologies segment provides energy solution in the field of industrial refrigeration and heating for an array of industries including food, beverage, dairy, and oil and gas. The company was formerly known as mg technologies ag and changed its name to GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft in 2005. GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.
About XOS
Xos, Inc. is an electric mobility company engaged in manufacturing electric trucks. The firm designs and develops fully electric battery mobility systems specifically for commercial fleets. The company was founded by Dakota Semler and Giordano Sordoni on July 29, 2020 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.
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