Uxin (UXIN) and The Competition Critical Contrast

Uxin (NASDAQ:UXIN) is one of 285 publicly-traded companies in the “Specialty Retail” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Uxin to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Uxin and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Uxin	1	0	1	0	2.00
Uxin Competitors	3678	15606	21629	590	2.46

Uxin currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 444.33%. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 5.41%. Given Uxin’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Uxin is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Uxin and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Uxin	$463.27 million	-$39.69 million	-2.95
Uxin Competitors	$7.05 billion	$386.47 million	30.99

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

Profitability

This table compares Uxin and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Uxin	-10.10%	N/A	-16.37%
Uxin Competitors	-3.69%	-14.02%	3.17%

Volatility & Risk

Uxin has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uxin’s peers have a beta of 1.91, indicating that their average share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

22.4% of Uxin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.9% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 62.9% of Uxin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Uxin peers beat Uxin on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Uxin

Uxin Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the retail sale of vehicles in China. The company operates an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars. It also offers used-car acquisition, inspection, reconditioning, warehousing, pre-sales and after-sales, and various car-related value-added products and services, as well as warranty and repair, delivery, and title transfers and vehicle registration services. Uxin Limited was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.