Financial Survey: Xperi (XPER) vs. Its Peers

Xperi (NYSE:XPER) is one of 43 publicly-traded companies in the “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Xperi to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Xperi and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xperi	1	1	0	0	1.50
Xperi Competitors	87	192	212	11	2.29

As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 78.39%. Given Xperi’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Xperi has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Xperi pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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 11.7% and pay out -720.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Xperi lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xperi	$453.96 million	-$14.01 million	37.75
Xperi Competitors	$277.83 million	-$61.83 million	-8.56

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

Profitability

This table compares Xperi and its peers’ 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	-53.73%	-1,002.64%	-68.20%

Volatility & Risk

Xperi has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xperi’s peers have a beta of 0.77, suggesting that their average stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.3% of Xperi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Xperi shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Xperi beats its peers 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.