Sweetgreen (NYSE:SG – Get Free Report) and NextTrip (NASDAQ:NTRP – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Sweetgreen and NextTrip, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sweetgreen | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2.17 |
| NextTrip | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Sweetgreen presently has a consensus target price of $7.72, suggesting a potential downside of 23.02%. NextTrip has a consensus target price of $7.75, suggesting a potential upside of 323.50%. Given NextTrip’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NextTrip is more favorable than Sweetgreen.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sweetgreen | $679.47 million | 1.76 | -$134.07 million | $0.10 | 100.35 |
| NextTrip | $3.72 million | 7.42 | -$15.91 million | ($1.41) | -1.30 |
NextTrip has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sweetgreen. NextTrip is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sweetgreen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Sweetgreen has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextTrip has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Sweetgreen and NextTrip’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sweetgreen | 2.01% | -32.94% | -16.42% |
| NextTrip | -289.92% | -246.48% | -105.09% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
95.8% of Sweetgreen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of NextTrip shares are held by institutional investors. 18.2% of Sweetgreen shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.0% of NextTrip shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Sweetgreen beats NextTrip on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sweetgreen
Sweetgreen, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates fast food restaurants serving healthy foods at scale in the United States. The company also accepts orders through its online and mobile ordering platforms, as well as sells gift cards that do not have an expiration date and can be redeemed. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
About NextTrip
NextTrip, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of travel technology solutions in the United States. The company offers NXT2.0, a booking engine technology platform, which provides travel distributors access to an inventory. It is also involved in the provision of online leisure travel agency services for booking hotels, flights, and curated vacations. The company was formerly known as Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. and changed its name to NextTrip, Inc. in March 2024. NextTrip, Inc. is based in Sunrise, Florida.
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