Uxin (NASDAQ:UXIN) versus Exela Technologies (NASDAQ:XELA) Financial Analysis

Exela Technologies (NASDAQ:XELA) and Uxin (NASDAQ:UXIN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.3% of Exela Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.4% of Uxin shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Exela Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.9% of Uxin shares are held by company 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.

Risk and Volatility

Exela Technologies has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uxin has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Exela Technologies and Uxin’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Exela Technologies	$1.06 billion	0.01	-$125.16 million	($23.45)	-0.09
Uxin	$299.85 million	0.03	-$19.97 million	($16.53)	-0.12

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Exela Technologies	-11.76%	N/A	-18.75%
Uxin	-41.45%	N/A	-16.51%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Exela Technologies and Uxin, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Exela Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
Uxin	0	0	0	0	N/A

Summary

Uxin beats Exela Technologies on 6 of the 9 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 Uxin

Uxin Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the retail sale of vehicles in China. The company operates an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars. It also offers used-car acquisition, inspection, reconditioning, warehousing, pre-sales and after-sales, and various car-related value-added products and services, as well as warranty and repair, delivery, and title transfers and vehicle registration services. Uxin Limited was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.