Exela Technologies (NASDAQ:XELA) versus Waitr (NASDAQ:ASAP) Critical Analysis

Profitability

This table compares Waitr and Exela Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waitr	-111.96%	N/A	-209.50%
Exela Technologies	-4.87%	N/A	-8.48%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Waitr and Exela Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waitr	$130.00 million	0.00	-$206.79 million	($1.90)	N/A
Exela Technologies	$1.02 billion	0.00	-$125.16 million	($8.57)	0.00

Exela Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Waitr. Exela Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waitr, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Waitr shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of Exela Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 14.2% of Waitr shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Exela Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Waitr has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exela Technologies has a beta of 3.71, indicating that its share price is 271% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Exela Technologies beats Waitr on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Waitr

Waitr Holdings Inc. operates an online ordering technology platform in the United States. Its platform allows to order food, alcohol, convenience, grocery, flowers, auto parts, and others. The company's platform also facilitates access to third parties that provide payment processing solutions for restaurants and other merchants. Waitr Holdings Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.

About Exela Technologies

Exela Technologies, Inc. (Exela), formerly Quinpario Acquisition Corp. 2, is engaged in providing information and transaction processing solutions. The Company’s segments include Information and Transaction Processing Solutions (ITPS), Healthcare Solutions (HS) and Legal & Loss Prevention Services (LLPS). ITPS provides industry solutions for banking and financial services, including lending solutions for mortgages, banking solutions for clearing, anti-money laundering, sanctions, cross-border settlement; property and casualty insurance solutions for enrollments, and communications. The HS segment offerings include integrated accounts payable and accounts receivable, and information management for both the healthcare payer and provider markets. The LLPS segment solutions include processing of legal claims for class action and mass action settlement administrations, involving project management support, notification and collection, analysis, and distribution of settlement funds.