Head-To-Head Comparison: Next Technology (NXTT) and Its Rivals

Next Technology (NASDAQ:NXTT) is one of 959 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Next Technology to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

2.7% of Next Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 52.2% of Next Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Next Technology and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Next Technology	1	0	0	0	1.00
Next Technology Competitors	5840	21618	45012	1501	2.57

As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 28.27%. Given Next Technology’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Next Technology has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Next Technology and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Next Technology	$11.61 million	$143.16 million	-0.00
Next Technology Competitors	$1.79 billion	$382.68 million	112.21

Next Technology’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Next Technology. Next Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Next Technology and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Next Technology	-930.65%	-35.97%	-32.86%
Next Technology Competitors	-599.60%	26.31%	-8.93%

Volatility & Risk

Next Technology has a beta of 5.92, indicating that its share price is 492% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Next Technology’s peers have a beta of 1.35, indicating that their average share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Next Technology peers beat Next Technology on 10 of the 12 factors compared.

About Next Technology

Next Technology Holding Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTT) is a technology holding company with operations historically associated with blockchain and digital asset-related services. Its activities have included cryptocurrency mining and the development or deployment of computing infrastructure used in blockchain applications. The company has been associated with operations in China, although publicly available information about its current products, services, operating subsidiaries and geographic footprint is limited.