XCF Global Capital (SAFX) and Its Competitors Critical Review

XCF Global Capital (NASDAQ:SAFX) is one of 1,051 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare XCF Global Capital to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for XCF Global Capital and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XCF Global Capital	1	2	1	0	2.00
XCF Global Capital Competitors	5864	26600	40217	2319	2.52

XCF Global Capital presently has a consensus target price of $0.70, suggesting a potential upside of 51.52%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 20.61%. Given XCF Global Capital’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe XCF Global Capital is more favorable than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

XCF Global Capital has a beta of -0.3, indicating that its stock price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XCF Global Capital’s peers have a beta of -3.80, indicating that their average stock price is 480% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares XCF Global Capital and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
XCF Global Capital	$20.82 million	$74.02 million	-2.43
XCF Global Capital Competitors	$10.64 billion	$5.52 billion	1.74

XCF Global Capital’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than XCF Global Capital. XCF Global Capital 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 XCF Global Capital and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XCF Global Capital	-397.43%	-230.36%	-14.70%
XCF Global Capital Competitors	-469.27%	7.01%	6.06%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

52.3% of XCF Global Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of XCF Global Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

XCF Global Capital peers beat XCF Global Capital on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

XCF Global Capital Company Profile

XCF Global Capital Inc. is a player in decarbonizing the aviation industry through Sustainable Aviation Fuel. XCF Global Capital Inc., formerly known as Focus Impact BH3 Acquisition Company, is based in RENO, NV.