Pinterest (NYSE:PINS – Get Free Report) and Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
88.8% of Pinterest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Nexxen International shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Pinterest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Pinterest and Nexxen International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| 5.75% | 6.94% | 5.93% | |
| Nexxen International | -0.57% | 5.92% | 3.68% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| 0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 2.73 | |
| Nexxen International | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
Pinterest currently has a consensus target price of $43.32, indicating a potential upside of 33.91%. Nexxen International has a consensus target price of $9.10, indicating a potential upside of 14.61%. Given Pinterest’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Pinterest is more favorable than Nexxen International.
Risk and Volatility
Pinterest has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexxen International has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Pinterest and Nexxen International”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| $3.34 billion | 6.62 | -$35.61 million | $0.21 | 154.05 | |
| Nexxen International | $339.02 million | 1.62 | -$21.49 million | ($0.13) | -61.08 |
Nexxen International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pinterest. Nexxen International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinterest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pinterest beats Nexxen International on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pinterest
Pinterest, Inc. operates as a visual search and discovery platform in the United States and internationally. Its platform allows people to find ideas, such as recipes, home and style inspiration, and others; and to search, save, and shop the ideas. The company was formerly known as Cold Brew Labs Inc. and changed its name to Pinterest, Inc. in April 2012. Pinterest, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About Nexxen International
Nexxen International Ltd. provides end-to-end software platform that enables advertisers to reach publishers Israel. The company’s demand side platform (DSP) offers full-service and self-managed marketplace access to advertisers and agencies to execute their digital marketing campaigns in real time across various ad formats. Its sell supply side platform (SSP) provides access to data and a comprehensive product suite to drive inventory management and revenue optimization. The company also offers data management platform solution, which integrates DSP and SSP solutions enabling advertisers and publishers to use data from various sources in order to optimize results of their advertising campaigns. It serves ad buyers, advertisers, brands, agencies, and digital publishers in the United States, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company was formerly known as Tremor International Ltd and changed its name to Nexxen International Ltd. in January 2024. Nexxen International Ltd. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
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