Northern Star Investment Corp. II (NSTB) Competitors

SMX (Security Matters) Public (NASDAQ:SMX) and Northern Star Investment Corp. II (NYSE:NSTB) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is SMX or NSTB more profitable?

Northern Star Investment Corp. II's return on equity of 0.00% beat SMX (Security Matters) Public's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SMX (Security Matters) Public	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northern Star Investment Corp. II	N/A	-14.27%	2.09%

Do analysts rate SMX or NSTB?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SMX (Security Matters) Public	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Northern Star Investment Corp. II	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SMX or NSTB?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SMX (Security Matters) Public	N/A	N/A	-$20.91M	N/A	N/A
Northern Star Investment Corp. II	N/A	N/A	$13.75M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SMX or NSTB?

15.7% of SMX (Security Matters) Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.4% of Northern Star Investment Corp. II shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of SMX (Security Matters) Public shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 85.0% of Northern Star Investment Corp. II shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SMX or NSTB?

SMX (Security Matters) Public and Northern Star Investment Corp. II both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SMX (Security Matters) Public	N/A	N/A
Northern Star Investment Corp. II	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, SMX or NSTB?

SMX (Security Matters) Public has a beta of -2.21, indicating that its share price is 321% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Star Investment Corp. II has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SMX or NSTB?

In the previous week, SMX (Security Matters) Public had 4 more articles in the media than Northern Star Investment Corp. II. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SMX (Security Matters) Public and 0 mentions for Northern Star Investment Corp. II. Northern Star Investment Corp. II's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat SMX (Security Matters) Public's score of 0.00 indicating that SMX (Security Matters) Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
SMX (Security Matters) Public	Neutral
Northern Star Investment Corp. II	Neutral

Summary

SMX (Security Matters) Public and Northern Star Investment Corp. II tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.