Head-To-Head Analysis: X3 (NASDAQ:XTKG) and Compass (NYSE:COMP)

X3 (NASDAQ:XTKG) and Compass (NYSE:COMP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.9% of X3 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Compass shares are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of X3 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Compass shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

X3 has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass has a beta of 2.89, suggesting that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares X3 and Compass’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
X3	N/A	N/A	N/A
Compass	-6.58%	-70.51%	-23.97%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for X3 and Compass, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
X3	0	0	0	0	N/A
Compass	1	4	4	0	2.33

Compass has a consensus target price of $3.78, indicating a potential upside of 15.88%. Given Compass’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Compass is more favorable than X3.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares X3 and Compass’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
X3	$10.48 million	0.07	-$21.51 million	N/A	N/A
Compass	$4.89 billion	0.33	-$321.30 million	($0.68)	-4.79

X3 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Compass.

Summary

Compass beats X3 on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About X3

X3 Holdings Co Ltd. provides technology solutions and services worldwide. The company offers Global Trade Platform, a digital platform for trading partners, service providers, and government authorities. It also engages in bitcoin cryptomining operations, renewable energy projects, and agriculture technologies and trading. The company was formerly known as Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd. and changed its name to X3 Holdings Co Ltd. in January 2024. X3 Holdings Co Ltd. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Singapore.

About Compass

Compass, Inc. provides real estate brokerage services in the United States. It operates a cloud-based platform that provides an integrated suite of software for customer relationship management, marketing, client service, operations, and other functionality in the real estate industry. The company offers mobile apps that allow agents to manage their business anytime and anywhere, as well as designs consumer-grade user interfaces, automated and simplified workflows for agent-client interactions, and insight-rich dashboards and reports. It also provides full-service title and escrow/settlement services to real estate agents' clients, real estate companies, and financial institutions relating to the closing of home purchases as well as the refinancing of home loans; and Compass Concierge, a program in which home sellers access to capital to front the cost of home improvement services. The company was formerly known as Urban Compass, Inc. and changed its name to Compass, Inc. in January 2021.Compass, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.