Head-To-Head Comparison: BingEx (FLX) versus Its Competitors

BingEx (NASDAQ:FLX) is one of 45 publicly-traded companies in the “TRANS – SERVICES” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare BingEx to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for BingEx and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BingEx	0	0	1	0	3.00
BingEx Competitors	372	1366	1543	92	2.40

BingEx presently has a consensus price target of $4.70, indicating a potential upside of 46.42%. As a group, “TRANS – SERVICES” companies have a potential downside of 3.28%. Given BingEx’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BingEx is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BingEx	$612.14 million	-$20.07 million	-17.83
BingEx Competitors	$7.84 billion	$184.49 million	13.19

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

55.5% of shares of all “TRANS – SERVICES” companies are owned by institutional investors. 22.3% of shares of all “TRANS – SERVICES” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares BingEx and its peers’ 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	5.94%	-220.76%	2.81%

Summary

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

About BingEx

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.