BingEx (FLX) vs. Its Peers Critical Analysis

BingEx (NASDAQ:FLX) is one of 45 public companies in the “TRANS – SERVICES” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare BingEx to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for BingEx and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BingEx	0	0	1	0	3.00
BingEx Competitors	372	1356	1536	92	2.40

BingEx currently has a consensus target price of $4.70, indicating a potential upside of 39.88%. As a group, “TRANS – SERVICES” companies have a potential downside of 1.79%. Given BingEx’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BingEx is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BingEx and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BingEx	$612.14 million	-$20.07 million	-18.67
BingEx Competitors	$7.78 billion	$184.49 million	13.60

BingEx’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than BingEx. BingEx 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BingEx	-5.31%	N/A	-1.14%
BingEx Competitors	5.87%	-220.90%	2.76%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

55.5% of shares of all “TRANS – SERVICES” companies are held by institutional investors. 22.3% of shares of all “TRANS – SERVICES” companies are held by company 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.

Summary

BingEx competitors beat BingEx on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

BingEx Company Profile

BingEx Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides on-demand courier services under the FlashEx brand name in the People’s Republic of China. The company offers Flash-Riders as service providers. It serves individual and business customers, including local retailers, restaurants, and logistics players through its mobile platform and website. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.