NEXN vs. ASCL, NFG, NFC, TRS, YOU, HNT, SFOR, TRMR, SAA, and PEBB
Should you be buying Nexxen International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nexxen International include Ascential (ASCL), Next 15 Group (NFG), Next Fifteen Communications Group (NFC), Tarsus Group (TRS), YouGov (YOU), Huntsworth (HNT), S4 Capital (SFOR), Tremor International (TRMR), M&C Saatchi (SAA), and The Pebble Group (PEBB). These companies are all part of the "advertising agencies" industry.
Nexxen International (LON:NEXN) and Ascential (LON:ASCL) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Nexxen International has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascential has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
41.5% of Nexxen International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 101.9% of Ascential shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.4% of Nexxen International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Ascential shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ascential had 8 more articles in the media than Nexxen International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ascential and 0 mentions for Nexxen International. Ascential's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Nexxen International's score of 0.00 indicating that Ascential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ascential received 497 more outperform votes than Nexxen International when rated by MarketBeat users.
Nexxen International has a net margin of -6.47% compared to Ascential's net margin of -92.68%. Ascential's return on equity of 0.89% beat Nexxen International's return on equity.
Ascential has a consensus price target of GBX 428.67, indicating a potential downside of 24.53%. Given Ascential's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ascential is more favorable than Nexxen International.
Ascential has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nexxen International.
Summary
Ascential beats Nexxen International on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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