Critical Survey: XTEND AI Robotics (XTND) and Its Competitors

XTEND AI Robotics (NYSE:XTND) is one of 82 publicly-traded companies in the “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare XTEND AI Robotics to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

51.5% of shares of all “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of shares of all “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares XTEND AI Robotics and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XTEND AI Robotics	-25.19%	-28.42%	-25.03%
XTEND AI Robotics Competitors	-113.37%	-28.30%	5.80%

Risk and Volatility

XTEND AI Robotics has a beta of 3.66, indicating that its stock price is 266% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XTEND AI Robotics’ competitors have a beta of 1.68, indicating that their average stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for XTEND AI Robotics and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XTEND AI Robotics	0	0	1	0	3.00
XTEND AI Robotics Competitors	1092	4367	7727	374	2.54

XTEND AI Robotics presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 393.83%. As a group, “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies have a potential upside of 42.42%. Given XTEND AI Robotics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe XTEND AI Robotics is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares XTEND AI Robotics and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
XTEND AI Robotics	$30.54 million	-$5.27 million	-3.75
XTEND AI Robotics Competitors	$23.83 billion	$3.72 billion	5.65

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

Summary

XTEND AI Robotics competitors beat XTEND AI Robotics on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

XTEND AI Robotics Company Profile

XTEND AI Robotics, Inc. designs and develops artificial intelligence-powered robotics and autonomous systems for defense, homeland security, and commercial security applications.

The company’s core platform, XOS (XTEND Operating System), functions as a hardware-agnostic, AI-native mission execution operating system that connects autonomous platforms, AI applications, payloads, sensors, and third-party developers into a unified ecosystem.

XOS provides AI Pilots software that learns skills and automates missions, a command-and-control interface for remote operation of multi-domain air and ground robotic systems, edge autonomy capabilities for GNSS-denied and confined-space environments, and an interoperability framework for integrating proprietary and third-party platforms, sensors, and payloads.

The company also manufactures and sells aerial drones, ground robots, robotic subsystems, and related hardware components.

Additionally, it operates a Marketplace that connects autonomous platforms, AI applications, payloads, sensors, and technology partners through XOS, along with an XTEND Certified program for partner products and technologies.

The company provides system integration and customization services, including platform and software configuration for specific mission requirements, third-party sensor and payload integration, interoperability with customer systems, and operator and instructor training.

It operates a global distributed manufacturing network known as XFAB, with production and operations in Israel, the United States, Latvia, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom.

The company serves military end users, government agencies, defense prime contractors, law enforcement, homeland security organizations, and commercial security customers through firm fixed-price contracts, government-to-government procurement, defense prime partnerships, and direct sales and reseller channels.

XTEND AI Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Tampa, Florida.