Head to Head Contrast: NextTrip (NASDAQ:NTRP) & lastminute.com (OTCMKTS:LSMNF)

NextTrip (NASDAQ:NTRP) and lastminute.com (OTCMKTS:LSMNF) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for NextTrip and lastminute.com, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NextTrip	1	1	0	0	1.50
lastminute.com	0	0	0	0	0.00

NextTrip presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.90%. Given NextTrip’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NextTrip is more favorable than lastminute.com.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

3.8% of NextTrip shares are held by institutional investors. 44.5% of NextTrip shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares NextTrip and lastminute.com”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NextTrip	$1.05 million	32.49	-$10.12 million	($1.41)	-2.79
lastminute.com	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

lastminute.com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NextTrip.

Profitability

This table compares NextTrip and lastminute.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NextTrip	-1,323.22%	-298.91%	-139.68%
lastminute.com	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

NextTrip beats lastminute.com on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About lastminute.com

lastminute.com N.V., together with its subsidiaries, operates in the online travel industry in Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and internationally. It operates websites and mobile apps in approximately 20 languages and 58 countries, which enable travelers to search, compare, and book flights, vacation packages and cruises, hotel accommodations, car rentals, and other travel products and services. The company also operates as a seller of web-based advertising spaces and media contents primarily on online travel agency platforms, websites, and third-party partners available spaces. Its primary brands include lastminute.com, Volagratis, weg.de, Bravofly, Rumbo, Jetcost, Hotelscan, Crocierissime, and Forward. The company was formerly known as Bravofly Rumbo Group N.V. and changed its name to lastminute.com N.V. in May 2015. lastminute.com N.V. was founded in 1998 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.