Gaxos.ai (NASDAQ:GXAI) & Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) Critical Review

Gaxos.ai (NASDAQ:GXAI) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Gaxos.ai and Las Vegas Sands, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gaxos.ai	0	0	0	0	0.00
Las Vegas Sands	0	5	10	1	2.75

Las Vegas Sands has a consensus price target of $59.47, indicating a potential upside of 12.27%. Given Las Vegas Sands’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than Gaxos.ai.

Profitability

This table compares Gaxos.ai and Las Vegas Sands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gaxos.ai	-1,845.25%	-27.37%	-26.48%
Las Vegas Sands	12.16%	55.37%	7.89%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Gaxos.ai and Las Vegas Sands”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gaxos.ai	N/A	N/A	-$3.42 million	N/A	N/A
Las Vegas Sands	$11.30 billion	3.22	$1.45 billion	$1.98	26.75

Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Gaxos.ai.

Risk and Volatility

Gaxos.ai has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

42.6% of Gaxos.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Gaxos.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Las Vegas Sands beats Gaxos.ai on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gaxos.ai

Gaxos.ai Inc. engages in developing artificial intelligence applications for various sectors. Its portfolio includes applications in mental and physical wellbeing, coaching, and gaming. In addition, it offers Gaxos, a gaming platform develop, design, acquire, and manage conventional games and combine these games with unconventional game mechanisms. The company was formerly known as The NFT Gaming Company, Inc. and changed its name to Gaxos.ai Inc. in January 2024. Gaxos.ai Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Roseland, New Jersey.

About Las Vegas Sands

Las Vegas Sands Corp., together with its subsidiaries, develops, owns, and operates integrated resorts in Macao and Singapore. It owns and operates The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, the Londoner Macao, The Parisian Macao, The Plaza Macao and Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Cotai Strip, and the Sands Macao in Macao, the People’s Republic of China; and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The company’s integrated resorts feature accommodations, gaming, entertainment and retail malls, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and other amenities. Las Vegas Sands Corp. was founded in 1988 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.