Head to Head Contrast: Waitr (NASDAQ:ASAP) and Exela Technologies (NASDAQ:XELA)

Risk and Volatility

Exela Technologies has a beta of 3.71, suggesting that its share price is 271% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waitr has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Exela Technologies and Waitr”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Exela Technologies	$1.02 billion	0.00	-$125.16 million	($8.57)	-0.01
Waitr	$130.00 million	0.00	-$206.79 million	($1.90)	N/A

Exela Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Waitr. Exela Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waitr, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

16.3% of Exela Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Waitr shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Exela Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Waitr shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Exela Technologies and Waitr’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Exela Technologies	-4.87%	N/A	-8.48%
Waitr	-111.96%	N/A	-209.50%

Summary

Exela Technologies beats Waitr on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Exela Technologies

Exela Technologies, Inc. (Exela), formerly Quinpario Acquisition Corp. 2, is engaged in providing information and transaction processing solutions. The Company’s segments include Information and Transaction Processing Solutions (ITPS), Healthcare Solutions (HS) and Legal & Loss Prevention Services (LLPS). ITPS provides industry solutions for banking and financial services, including lending solutions for mortgages, banking solutions for clearing, anti-money laundering, sanctions, cross-border settlement; property and casualty insurance solutions for enrollments, and communications. The HS segment offerings include integrated accounts payable and accounts receivable, and information management for both the healthcare payer and provider markets. The LLPS segment solutions include processing of legal claims for class action and mass action settlement administrations, involving project management support, notification and collection, analysis, and distribution of settlement funds.

About Waitr

Waitr Holdings Inc. operates an online ordering technology platform in the United States. Its platform allows to order food, alcohol, convenience, grocery, flowers, auto parts, and others. The company's platform also facilitates access to third parties that provide payment processing solutions for restaurants and other merchants. Waitr Holdings Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.