NextNav (NN) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer NN or NXT?

In the previous week, Nextracker had 8 more articles in the media than NextNav. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Nextracker and 5 mentions for NextNav. NextNav's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Nextracker's score of 1.26 indicating that NextNav is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NextNav	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nextracker	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, NN or NXT?

Nextracker has higher revenue and earnings than NextNav. NextNav is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nextracker, 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
NextNav	$5.67M	289.51	-$71.74M	-$0.85	-14.61
Nextracker	$2.77B	2.13	$306.24M	$3.93	10.33

Is NN or NXT more profitable?

Nextracker has a net margin of 20.12% compared to NextNav's net margin of -1,732.92%. Nextracker's return on equity of 41.22% beat NextNav's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NextNav	-1,732.92%	-128.95%	-51.21%
Nextracker	20.12%	41.22%	18.29%

Which has more volatility and risk, NN or NXT?

NextNav has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nextracker has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

79.2% of NextNav shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Nextracker shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of NextNav shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Nextracker shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NN or NXT?

Nextracker received 79 more outperform votes than NextNav when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.04% of users gave Nextracker an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave NextNav an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NextNav	Outperform Votes 5 50.00%	Underperform Votes 5 50.00%
Nextracker	Outperform Votes 84 73.04%	Underperform Votes 31 26.96%

Do analysts prefer NN or NXT?

NextNav currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 61.03%. Nextracker has a consensus price target of $55.70, suggesting a potential upside of 37.16%. Given NextNav's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NextNav is more favorable than Nextracker.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NextNav	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Nextracker	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.95

Summary

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