Crexendo (NASDAQ:CXDO – Get Free Report) and NextNav (NASDAQ:NN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Crexendo and NextNav”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Crexendo | $88.60 million | 1.91 | $5.07 million | $0.12 | 42.17 |
| NextNav | $4.67 million | 323.53 | -$189.25 million | ($0.89) | -10.06 |
Crexendo has higher revenue and earnings than NextNav. NextNav is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crexendo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
9.5% of Crexendo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of NextNav shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.0% of Crexendo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of NextNav shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Crexendo has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextNav has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Crexendo and NextNav’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Crexendo | 4.48% | 14.40% | 11.36% |
| NextNav | -2,451.65% | -129.25% | -23.47% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Crexendo and NextNav, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Crexendo | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
| NextNav | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2.71 |
Crexendo presently has a consensus price target of $10.67, indicating a potential upside of 110.80%. NextNav has a consensus price target of $32.33, indicating a potential upside of 261.10%. Given NextNav’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NextNav is more favorable than Crexendo.
Summary
Crexendo beats NextNav on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Crexendo
Crexendo, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based communications and technology services. The company offers unified communications as a service, business voice and messaging solutions, video conferencing, contact center capabilities, and related communications tools designed for small and medium-sized businesses, enterprises, and service providers. Crexendo also provides a communications software platform through its NetSapiens business. The platform supports hosted voice, unified communications, contact center, and application programming interface services, enabling telecommunications providers and channel partners to deliver branded communications solutions to their customers.
About NextNav
NextNav, Inc. develops positioning, navigation and timing technologies designed to complement and help provide alternatives to satellite-based GPS. Its services support location-aware applications in environments where GPS signals may be limited, including indoors and in urban areas. The company’s offerings include Pinnacle, a service that provides vertical location information, such as a device’s floor or height within a building, and TerraPoiNT, a terrestrial network designed to deliver positioning and timing signals.
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