Analyzing Xperi (XPER) and The Competition

Xperi (NYSE:XPER) is one of 48 public companies in the “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Xperi to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

Xperi has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xperi’s competitors have a beta of 0.68, meaning that their average stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Xperi and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xperi	1	1	0	0	1.50
Xperi Competitors	98	197	218	12	2.27

As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 108.12%. Given Xperi’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Xperi has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.3% of Xperi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Xperi shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Xperi pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Xperi pays out 125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies pay a dividend yield of 14.3% and pay out -720.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Xperi lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xperi	$453.96 million	-$14.01 million	33.88
Xperi Competitors	$223.24 million	-$53.25 million	-11.04

Xperi has higher revenue and earnings than its competitors. Xperi is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Xperi and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xperi	1.53%	-0.22%	-0.14%
Xperi Competitors	-51.08%	-912.69%	-63.05%

Summary

Xperi beats its competitors on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Xperi Company Profile

Xperi Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer and entertainment product/solutions licensing company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Product, and Intellectual Property Licensing. The company invents, develops, and delivers various technologies. It licenses audio, digital radio, imaging, edge-based machine learning, and multi-channel video user experience solutions to consumer electronics customers, automotive manufacturers, or supply chain partners. The company also provides licensing to multichannel video programming distributors, OTT video service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, social media, and other new media companies in media industry; and memory, sensors, RF component, and foundry companies in semiconductor industry. It provides its technologies under the DTS, HD Radio, IMAX Enhanced, Invensas, TiVo, and Perceive brands. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.