Head-To-Head Review: Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF) & TIX (OTCMKTS:TIXC)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for TIX and Xponential Fitness, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TIX	0	0	0	0	0.00
Xponential Fitness	1	4	2	1	2.38

Xponential Fitness has a consensus target price of $10.86, suggesting a potential upside of 31.09%. Given Xponential Fitness’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Xponential Fitness is more favorable than TIX.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares TIX 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
TIX	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Xponential Fitness	$315.14 million	1.29	-$64.95 million	($1.65)	-5.02

TIX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xponential Fitness.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TIX	N/A	N/A	N/A
Xponential Fitness	-15.30%	-6.85%	5.49%

Risk & Volatility

TIX has a beta of -2.34, meaning that its stock price is 334% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xponential Fitness has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

58.5% of Xponential Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. 37.5% of TIX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.3% of Xponential Fitness 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.

Summary

Xponential Fitness beats TIX on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TIX

Tix Corporation, through its subsidiary, operates as an entertainment company in the United States and internationally. The company provides discount ticketing and discount dinner reservations services. It offers discount tickets under short-term, exclusive, and nonexclusive agreements in Las Vegas at a discount of up to 50 percent for same day shows, concerts, attractions, and tours, as well as discount dining and shopping offers. As of March 19, 2020, the company operated nine discount ticket stores in Las Vegas under its Tix4Tonight marquee; and tix4tonight.com, an online ticket sales site. In addition, it provides online booking services for shows, concerts, tours, attractions, and other entertainment and leisure activities. The company was formerly known as Cinema Ride, Inc. and changed its name to Tix Corporation in March 2005. Tix Corporation was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Studio City, California. On August 24, 2021, Tix Corporation, along with its affiliate, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada. The plan was later approved as Chapter 11 liquidation on February 7, 2022.

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.