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QXO Inc

QXONYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryIndustrial Distribution

Beta (adjusted)1.89

Intrinsic Value $26.75median of 3 methodsbased on filings through 30 Jun 2026

Market Price $12.05Price as of 1 Oct 2026

Significantly undervaluedIntrinsic value is 122% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

marker beyond scale (+122%)

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Market Cap $12.5B

Enterprise Value $15.8B

Shares Outstanding 1B diluted

Moat Rating None

Next Earnings Date5 Nov 2026

Last ex-dividend5 Jun 2024

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

QXO has rapidly assembled a scaled building-products platform through Beacon, Kodiak and TopBuild, creating approximately $18 billion of pro forma revenue and nearly $2 billion of pro forma Adjusted EBITDA on a 2025 basis. The central opportunity is management's self-help program across pricing, procurement, sales effectiveness, inventory, technology, private label and cross-selling, with an organic path to about $4 billion of Adjusted EBITDA by 2030. However, the investment remains execution-intensive: second-quarter 2026 gross margin was 24.7%, Adjusted EBITDA margin was 8.4%, and the company is simultaneously integrating three large platforms while carrying acquisition-related debt and preferred securities. A Hold stance is appropriate pending clearer evidence of sustained margin expansion, integration progress and deleveraging.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets17 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$18.00

Mean target$29.29

High · most bullish analyst$50.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$18.0024%

Integration complexity delays technology deployment and prevents expected pricing, procurement and cross-selling gains. Weak construction demand, adverse weather variability, supplier pricing pressure or customer disruption keeps margins near or below the second-quarter 2026 baseline, while leverage and preferred-security obligations constrain flexibility. QXO consequently misses both the $300 million TopBuild synergy objective and its approximately $4 billion organic 2030 Adjusted EBITDA pathway.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$29.2956%

Matches the consensus mean

Transformation benefits emerge over several years rather than immediately. QXO progresses toward approximately $4 billion of organic Adjusted EBITDA by 2030, while free cash flow is directed toward deleveraging and only selective tuck-in acquisitions. Margin improvement is uneven because the building environment remains soft and integration costs persist.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$50.0020%

QXO successfully standardizes systems and operating practices without disrupting customer service, captures at least $300 million of annual TopBuild synergies by 2030, materially improves legacy Beacon and Kodiak, and completes its technology roadmap on schedule. Pricing, procurement, cross-selling and tuck-in acquisitions then support management's approximately $5.5 billion 2030 Adjusted EBITDA pathway, with a cyclical recovery providing additional upside.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

The completed Beacon, Kodiak and TopBuild acquisitions created a scaled platform with approximately $18 billion of pro forma revenue, nearly $2 billion of pro forma Adjusted EBITDA, about 28,000 employees and 1,150 locations.
Management identifies multiple company-controlled value levers—including pricing, procurement, salesforce effectiveness, inventory, private label, cross-selling and technology—rather than relying exclusively on a construction-market recovery.
TopBuild adds installation capabilities and job-site access, while QXO expects at least $300 million of annual acquisition synergies by 2030.

Key Investment Risks

QXO must integrate Beacon, Kodiak and TopBuild while transforming core systems and operating processes, creating substantial execution and customer-disruption risk.
Building-products demand remains cyclical and sensitive to interest rates, housing starts, repair-and-remodel activity, weather and commodity conditions.
Acquisition-related debt, preferred securities and potential dilution can constrain flexibility or reduce the benefits accruing to common shareholders if EBITDA growth and deleveraging lag.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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