NextNav (NN) Competitors

Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) and NextNav (NASDAQ:NN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, LITE or NN?

Lumentum has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextNav has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LITE or NN?

Lumentum received 918 more outperform votes than NextNav when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.61% of users gave Lumentum an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave NextNav an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lumentum	Outperform Votes 923 71.61%	Underperform Votes 366 28.39%
NextNav	Outperform Votes 5 50.00%	Underperform Votes 5 50.00%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LITE or NN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lumentum	$1.47B	3.88	-$546.50M	-$6.45	-12.77
NextNav	$6.16M	272.23	-$71.74M	-$1.02	-12.42

Do analysts rate LITE or NN?

Lumentum presently has a consensus target price of $83.13, indicating a potential upside of 0.94%. NextNav has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.85%. Given NextNav's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NextNav is more favorable than Lumentum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lumentum	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
NextNav	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is LITE or NN more profitable?

Lumentum has a net margin of -36.98% compared to NextNav's net margin of -1,732.92%. Lumentum's return on equity of -7.25% beat NextNav's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lumentum	-36.98%	-7.25%	-1.76%
NextNav	-1,732.92%	-128.95%	-51.21%

Does the media prefer LITE or NN?

In the previous week, Lumentum had 30 more articles in the media than NextNav. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Lumentum and 4 mentions for NextNav. NextNav's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Lumentum's score of 0.69 indicating that NextNav is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lumentum	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NextNav	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LITE or NN?

94.1% of Lumentum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of NextNav shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lumentum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of NextNav shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Lumentum beats NextNav on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.