NN vs. PCT, GB, ARIS, REAX, NYAX, ML, TWKS, HCSG, VOCL, and TDCX
Should you be buying NextNav stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextNav include PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Global Blue Group (GB), Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), Real Brokerage (REAX), Nayax (NYAX), MoneyLion (ML), Thoughtworks (TWKS), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Creatd (VOCL), and TDCX (TDCX). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
NextNav (NASDAQ:NN) and PureCycle Technologies (NYSE:PCT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
PureCycle Technologies has a consensus price target of $7.75, suggesting a potential upside of 44.86%. Given PureCycle Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PureCycle Technologies is more favorable than NextNav.
In the previous week, NextNav had 8 more articles in the media than PureCycle Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for NextNav and 4 mentions for PureCycle Technologies. NextNav's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat PureCycle Technologies' score of 0.36 indicating that NextNav is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NextNav has higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. NextNav is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PureCycle Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PureCycle Technologies has a net margin of 0.00% compared to NextNav's net margin of -2,133.30%. PureCycle Technologies' return on equity of -35.69% beat NextNav's return on equity.
NextNav has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PureCycle Technologies has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PureCycle Technologies received 20 more outperform votes than NextNav when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.57% of users gave PureCycle Technologies an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave NextNav an outperform vote.
79.2% of NextNav shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of NextNav shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of PureCycle Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
PureCycle Technologies beats NextNav on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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