Financial Comparison: QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) vs. Adit EdTech Acquisition (NYSE:ADEX)

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares QXO and Adit EdTech Acquisition”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
QXO	$54.52 million	121.21	-$1.07 million	($9.12)	-1.77
Adit EdTech Acquisition	$19.62 million	2.44	-$18.66 million	N/A	N/A

QXO has higher revenue and earnings than Adit EdTech Acquisition.

Profitability

This table compares QXO and Adit EdTech Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QXO	30.08%	1.58%	1.30%
Adit EdTech Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-41.90%

Volatility and Risk

QXO has a beta of 2.32, meaning that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adit EdTech Acquisition has a beta of -0.23, meaning that its share price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

58.7% of QXO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Adit EdTech Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 51.3% of QXO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Adit EdTech Acquisition shares are held 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

QXO beats Adit EdTech Acquisition on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About QXO

QXO, Inc. operates as a business application, technology, and consulting company in North America. The company provides solutions for accounting and business management, financial reporting, enterprise resource planning, human capital management, warehouse management systems, customer relationship management, and business intelligence. It also offers value-added services that focuses on consulting and professional, specialized programming, training, and technical support services. In addition, the company provides information technology managed services, such as cybersecurity, application hosting, disaster recovery, business continuity, cloud, and other services; and data back-up, network maintenance, and upgrade services. It serves small and medium-sized businesses primarily in the manufacturing, distribution, and service industries. QXO, Inc. is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

About Adit EdTech Acquisition

Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It focuses on effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York. Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Adit Edtech Sponsor, LLC.