NextNav (NN) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, LITE or NN?

Lumentum has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextNav has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, LITE or NN?

NextNav has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lumentum. NextNav is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lumentum, 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	3.63	-$546.50M	-$6.45	-11.96
NextNav	$6.16M	286.19	-$71.74M	-$1.02	-13.06

Does the media favor LITE or NN?

In the previous week, Lumentum had 18 more articles in the media than NextNav. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Lumentum and 7 mentions for NextNav. Lumentum's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat NextNav's score of 0.30 indicating that Lumentum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lumentum	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 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)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend LITE or NN?

Lumentum presently has a consensus target price of $82.20, suggesting a potential upside of 6.60%. NextNav has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.15%. 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 MarketBeat Community prefer LITE or NN?

Lumentum received 914 more outperform votes than NextNav when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave Lumentum an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave NextNav an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lumentum	Outperform Votes 919 71.63%	Underperform Votes 364 28.37%
NextNav	Outperform Votes 5 50.00%	Underperform Votes 5 50.00%

Do institutionals & insiders 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of NextNav shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lumentum beats NextNav on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.