Head to Head Analysis: Her Imports (OTCMKTS:HHER) & QXO (NASDAQ:QXO)

Her Imports (OTCMKTS:HHER) and QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Her Imports and QXO’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Her Imports	N/A	N/A	N/A
QXO	30.08%	1.58%	1.30%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

58.7% of QXO shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Her Imports shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.3% of QXO 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Her Imports and QXO, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Her Imports	0	0	0	0	0.00
QXO	0	0	11	3	3.21

QXO has a consensus target price of $33.73, suggesting a potential upside of 57.12%. Given QXO’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe QXO is more favorable than Her Imports.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Her Imports and QXO”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Her Imports	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
QXO	$1.95 billion	7.42	-$1.07 million	($0.21)	-102.22

Her Imports has higher earnings, but lower revenue than QXO.

Volatility and Risk

Her Imports has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QXO has a beta of 2.35, indicating that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

QXO beats Her Imports on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Her Imports

Her Imports operates as a retailer of human hair extensions and related haircare and beauty products in the United States. It sells human hair products, including clip-ins and wigs under the Her Imports brand; haircare products, such as various shampoos and conditioners, and adhesives under the OSIworks brand; and beauty products and related accessories comprising silk bonnets, as well as styling tools under the Her Imports brand and makeup products under the Skin & Yang brand. The company also sells its products to consultation studios, as well as through its Website, herimports.com. As of December 31, 2018, it operated 16 retail locations. The company was formerly known as EZJR, Inc. and changed its name to Her Imports in January 2017. Her Imports was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About QXO

QXO, Inc. operates as a business application, technology, and consulting company in North America. The company provides solutions for accounting and business management, financial reporting, enterprise resource planning, human capital management, warehouse management systems, customer relationship management, and business intelligence. It also offers value-added services that focuses on consulting and professional, specialized programming, training, and technical support services. In addition, the company provides information technology managed services, such as cybersecurity, application hosting, disaster recovery, business continuity, cloud, and other services; and data back-up, network maintenance, and upgrade services. It serves small and medium-sized businesses primarily in the manufacturing, distribution, and service industries. QXO, Inc. is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.