NextNav (NN) Competitors

NextNav (NASDAQ:NN) and Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ:KLIC) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NN or KLIC?

Kulicke and Soffa Industries received 448 more outperform votes than NextNav when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.80% of users gave Kulicke and Soffa Industries an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave NextNav an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NextNav	Outperform Votes 4 44.44%	Underperform Votes 5 55.56%
Kulicke and Soffa Industries	Outperform Votes 452 68.80%	Underperform Votes 205 31.20%

Do analysts prefer NN or KLIC?

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a consensus price target of $47.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.00%. Given Kulicke and Soffa Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kulicke and Soffa Industries is more favorable than NextNav.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NextNav	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Kulicke and Soffa Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NN or KLIC?

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has higher revenue and earnings than NextNav. Kulicke and Soffa Industries 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
NextNav	$3.86M	254.60	-$71.74M	-$0.79	-9.85
Kulicke and Soffa Industries	$727.23M	3.44	$57.15M	-$1.19	-37.88

Which has more volatility & risk, NN or KLIC?

NextNav has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NN or KLIC?

In the previous week, Kulicke and Soffa Industries had 3 more articles in the media than NextNav. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Kulicke and Soffa Industries and 1 mentions for NextNav. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat NextNav's score of 0.00 indicating that Kulicke and Soffa Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NextNav	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Kulicke and Soffa Industries	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NN or KLIC more profitable?

Kulicke and Soffa Industries has a net margin of -7.94% compared to NextNav's net margin of -2,181.52%. Kulicke and Soffa Industries' return on equity of 0.61% beat NextNav's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NextNav	-2,181.52%	-134.05%	-56.81%
Kulicke and Soffa Industries	-7.94%	0.61%	0.47%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NN or KLIC?

79.2% of NextNav shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.7% of NextNav shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Kulicke and Soffa Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kulicke and Soffa Industries beats NextNav on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.