NextPlay Technologies (NASDAQ:NXTP) and DiDi Global (OTCMKTS:DIDIY) Head-To-Head Analysis

NextPlay Technologies (NASDAQ:NXTP) and DiDi Global (OTCMKTS:DIDIY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares NextPlay Technologies and DiDi Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NextPlay Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
DiDi Global	0.43%	7.84%	5.05%

Volatility and Risk

NextPlay Technologies has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DiDi Global has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NextPlay Technologies and DiDi Global”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NextPlay Technologies	$8.20 million	0.00	-$37.97 million	N/A	N/A
DiDi Global	$31.54 billion	0.57	$138.00 million	$0.03	127.67

DiDi Global has higher revenue and earnings than NextPlay Technologies.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

3.0% of NextPlay Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of DiDi Global shares are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of NextPlay Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of DiDi Global 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for NextPlay Technologies and DiDi Global, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NextPlay Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
DiDi Global	0	1	2	1	3.00

DiDi Global has a consensus price target of $8.60, indicating a potential upside of 124.54%. Given DiDi Global’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DiDi Global is more favorable than NextPlay Technologies.

Summary

DiDi Global beats NextPlay Technologies on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NextPlay Technologies

NextPlay Technologies, Inc., a technology solutions company, provides games, in-game advertising, digital asset products and services, connected TV, and travel booking services to consumers and corporations in the United States, Puerto Rico, Europe, and Thailand. The company operates through three segments: Media, FinTech, and Travel. The Media segment provides HotPlay games studio, a game development studio that develops a range of casual games; HotPlay redemption mobile application, a digital wallet that is used to collect the HotPlay IGA rewards; HotPlay In game advertising and rewards platform, that enable advertisements and rewards to be inserted in game; goPlay platform, a gamification platform for users to compete against each other through tournaments and challenges, as well as a reward platform that rewards users for their continued loyalty and continuous game; and Zappware, a TV as a Service platform, which includes media source ingest, encoding and transcoding, packaging, protection, delivery, playback, and analytics that provide telco operators for their digital media processing, as well as a client side set top box and smart TV middleware platform, associated application framework and corresponding, and supporting content management system. The FinTech segment engages in the development of NextFinTech Platform, an integrated digital financial platform, which offers mobile banking, investments into alternative assets, and insurance to businesses and individuals. The Travel segment offers booking solutions for business and leisure; and travel technology solutions comprising alternative lodging rental properties under NextTrip ConNextions brand. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Sunrise, Florida.

About DiDi Global

DiDi Global Inc. operates a mobility technology platform that provides ride hailing and other services in the People's Republic of China, Brazil, Mexico, and internationally. It offers ride hailing, taxi hailing, chauffeur, hitch, and other forms of shared mobility services; auto solutions comprising leasing, refueling, and maintenance and repair services; electric vehicle leasing services; and bike and e-bike sharing, intra-city freight, food delivery, and financial services. The company was formerly known as Xiaoju Kuaizhi Inc. and changed its name to DiDi Global Inc. in June 2021. DiDi Global Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.