Head-To-Head Analysis: Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF) & Avolta (OTCMKTS:DUFRY)

Avolta (OTCMKTS:DUFRY) and Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Avolta and Xponential Fitness’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avolta	N/A	N/A	N/A
Xponential Fitness	-11.28%	-3.40%	3.29%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Avolta and Xponential Fitness, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avolta	0	1	0	1	3.00
Xponential Fitness	2	7	2	0	2.00

Xponential Fitness has a consensus price target of $8.44, suggesting a potential upside of 58.48%. Given Xponential Fitness’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Xponential Fitness is more favorable than Avolta.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

58.6% of Xponential Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.1% of Xponential Fitness shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Avolta and Xponential Fitness”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Avolta	$16.60 billion	0.50	$240.19 million	N/A	N/A
Xponential Fitness	$314.88 million	0.83	-$33.79 million	($1.38)	-3.86

Avolta has higher revenue and earnings than Xponential Fitness.

Risk & Volatility

Avolta has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xponential Fitness has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Xponential Fitness beats Avolta on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Avolta

Avolta AG operates as a travel retailer. The company’s retail brands include general travel retail shops under the Dufry, World Duty Free, Nuance, Hellenic Duty Free, Zurich Duty-Free or Stockholm Duty-Free, Autogrill, and HMSHost brands; Dufry shopping stores; brand boutiques; convenience stores primarily under the Hudson brand; and specialized shops and theme stores. It offers perfumes and cosmetics, food and confectionery, wines and spirits, watches and jewelry, fashion and leather, tobacco goods, souvenirs, electronics, soft drinks, packaged food, travel accessories, personal items, sunglasses, destination, and other products, as well as newspapers, magazines, and books. It operates duty-free and duty-paid shops located at airports, border, downtown and hotel shops, railway stations and other, cruise liners and ferries, seaports, and motorways in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. The company was formerly known as Dufry AG and changed its name to Avolta AG in November 2023. Avolta AG was incorporated in 1865 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

About Xponential Fitness

Xponential Fitness, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a boutique fitness franchisor in North America. It offers pilates, indoor cycling, barre, stretching, rowing, dancing, boxing, running, functional training, and yoga services under the Club Pilates, Pure Barre, CycleBar, StretchLab, Row House, YogaSix, Rumble, AKT, Stride, and BFT brands. Xponential Fitness, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.