NextMart (OTCMKTS:NXMR) vs. NextPlat (NASDAQ:NXPL) Financial Contrast

NextPlat (NASDAQ:NXPL) and NextMart (OTCMKTS:NXMR) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares NextPlat and NextMart’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NextPlat	-14.58%	-34.22%	-25.12%
NextMart	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for NextPlat and NextMart, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NextPlat	1	0	0	0	1.00
NextMart	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given NextMart’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NextMart is more favorable than NextPlat.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares NextPlat and NextMart”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NextPlat	$65.48 million	0.21	-$14.02 million	($0.30)	-1.66
NextMart	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

NextMart has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NextPlat.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.3% of NextPlat shares are held by institutional investors. 44.6% of NextPlat shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of NextMart shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

NextMart beats NextPlat on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NextPlat

NextPlat Corp operates as a healthcare and e-commerce company in Europe, North America, South America, the Asia and Pacific, and Africa. The company operates full-service retail specialty services pharmacies that provides prescription pharmaceuticals prescription pharmaceuticals, third-party administration, risk and data management services, compounded medications, tele-pharmacy services, anti-retroviral medications, medication therapy management, contracted pharmacy services, and health practice risk management to healthcare organizations and providers, as well as supplies prescription medications to long-term care facilities. It also offers COVID-19 related diagnostics and vaccinations, and medication adherence packaging; and value-added services, such as prior authorization assistance, same-day home-medication delivery, on site provider consultation services, primary care reporting and analytics, and customized packaging solutions, as well as acquires and leases an e-commerce platform to collaborate with businesses to optimize their ability to sell their goods online. In addition, it operates e-commerce websites, as well as third-party e-commerce storefronts that provides mobile satellite services solutions for satellite-enabled voice, data, personnel and asset tracking, machine-to-machine, and internet of things connectivity services; voice, data communications, internet of things (IoT), and machine-to-machine services; tracking and monitoring solutions and services; satellite communications products; and GPS enabled emergency locator distress beacons. Further, it offers satellite tracking devices used to monitor the location, movements, and history of anything that moves; SolarTrack, a compact, lightweight, IoT tracking device powered by the sun; and GTCTrack, a subscription-based mapping and tracking portal. The company was formerly known as Orbsat Corp. and changed its name to NextPlat Corp in January 2022. NextPlat Corp is based in Coconut Grove, Florida.

About NextMart

NextMart, Inc. does not have significant operations. Previously, it was involved in the art event and art media direct marketing; art-themed products design and marketing; and art themed real estate development businesses. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.