Head to Head Review: Next Technology (NXTT) and Its Competitors

Next Technology (NASDAQ:NXTT) is one of 953 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Next Technology to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Next Technology	$11.61 million	$143.16 million	-0.00
Next Technology Competitors	$1.81 billion	$385.92 million	108.58

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.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

2.7% of Next Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 52.2% of Next Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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	-2,355.97%	-60.08%	-53.71%
Next Technology Competitors	-612.66%	21.01%	-8.93%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Next Technology and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Next Technology	1	0	0	0	1.00
Next Technology Competitors	5748	21526	44879	1497	2.57

As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 28.85%. Given Next Technology’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Next Technology has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Next Technology has a beta of 5.92, meaning that its stock price is 492% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Next Technology’s peers have a beta of 1.34, meaning that their average stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Next Technology peers beat Next Technology on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About Next Technology

Next Technology Holding Inc. provides technical services and solutions through its social e-commerce platform primarily in Mainland China. It offers YCloud, a micro-business cloud intelligent internationalization system that conducts multi-channel data analysis through the learning of big data and social recommendation relationships, as well as provides users with AI fission and management systems, and supply chain systems. The company’s YCloud system also provides micro-business owners with various payment methods, such as Alipay, WeChat, and UnionPay. In addition, it offers chatGPT technical services; and technical system support, software development, and services. The company serves individual and corporate users in the micro business industry. It also has operations in Hong Kong and Singapore. The company was formerly known as WeTrade Group, Inc. and changed its name to Next Technology Holding Inc in April 2024. Next Technology Holding Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People Republic of China.