Financial Review: Eightco (ORBS) & Its Peers

Eightco (NASDAQ:ORBS) is one of 344 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Eightco to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

12.9% of Eightco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Eightco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Eightco and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eightco	1	0	0	0	1.00
Eightco Competitors	1890	6816	11530	414	2.51

As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential upside of 3.80%. Given Eightco’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eightco has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Eightco and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eightco	-1,260.96%	-78.14%	-74.31%
Eightco Competitors	-407.45%	-22.01%	-5.65%

Volatility & Risk

Eightco has a beta of 2.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eightco’s rivals have a beta of 2.26, indicating that their average stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Eightco and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eightco	$32.98 million	-$262.01 million	-4.73
Eightco Competitors	$6.35 billion	$1.09 billion	8.56

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

Summary

Eightco rivals beat Eightco on 13 of the 13 factors compared.

Eightco Company Profile

Eightco Holdings Inc. provides bitcoin mining equipment and co-location services. It also manufactures and sells container boards, corrugated products, and specialty paper products in North America. The company was incorporated in 1966 and is headquartered in Safety Harbor, Florida.