NextPlat (NASDAQ:NXPL) & Jowell Global (NASDAQ:JWEL) Financial Review

NextPlat (NASDAQ:NXPL) and Jowell Global (NASDAQ:JWEL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NextPlat	-23.14%	-58.05%	-39.81%
Jowell Global	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for NextPlat and Jowell Global, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NextPlat	1	0	0	0	1.00
Jowell Global	1	0	0	0	1.00

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NextPlat	$54.32 million	0.29	-$10.46 million	($4.32)	-1.34
Jowell Global	$165.00 million	0.04	-$6.28 million	N/A	N/A

Jowell Global has higher revenue and earnings than NextPlat.

Risk and Volatility

NextPlat has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jowell Global has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.3% of NextPlat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Jowell Global shares are held by institutional investors. 46.1% of NextPlat shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of Jowell Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Jowell Global beats NextPlat on 5 of the 9 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 Jowell Global

Jowell Global Ltd. engages in the online retail of cosmetics, health and nutritional supplements, and household products in China. It also sells skin care, body care, and baby and children's products; washing items; fragrances; food products; electronics; and apparel. In addition, it sells its products through retail stores under the Love Home Store, LHH Store, and Juhao Best Choice Store brand names. The company also offers an online marketplace that enables third-party sellers to sell their products to the company's consumers. Jowell Global Ltd. was founded in 2012 and is based in Shanghai, China.