Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) & Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) Head-To-Head Survey

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Meta Platforms and Nexxen International’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Meta Platforms	$134.90 billion	8.54	$39.10 billion	$17.41	25.96
Nexxen International	$331.99 million	1.16	-$21.49 million	($0.15)	-36.80

Meta Platforms has higher revenue and earnings than Nexxen International. Nexxen International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Meta Platforms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Meta Platforms has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexxen International has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Meta Platforms and Nexxen International, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Meta Platforms	2	3	37	2	2.89
Nexxen International	0	1	3	0	2.75

Meta Platforms presently has a consensus price target of $509.80, indicating a potential upside of 12.80%. Nexxen International has a consensus price target of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 40.40%. Given Nexxen International’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nexxen International is more favorable than Meta Platforms.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

79.9% of Meta Platforms shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Nexxen International shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of Meta Platforms shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Meta Platforms and Nexxen International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Meta Platforms	32.06%	32.03%	21.21%
Nexxen International	-6.47%	2.94%	1.80%

Summary

Meta Platforms beats Nexxen International on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Meta Platforms

Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately. The Reality Labs segment provides augmented and virtual reality related products comprising consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, anytime, and anywhere. The company was formerly known as Facebook, Inc. and changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California

About Nexxen International

Nexxen International Ltd. provides end-to-end software platform that enables advertisers to reach publishers Israel. The company's demand side platform (DSP) offers full-service and self-managed marketplace access to advertisers and agencies to execute their digital marketing campaigns in real time across various ad formats. Its sell supply side platform (SSP) provides access to data and a comprehensive product suite to drive inventory management and revenue optimization. The company also offers data management platform solution, which integrates DSP and SSP solutions enabling advertisers and publishers to use data from various sources in order to optimize results of their advertising campaigns. It serves ad buyers, advertisers, brands, agencies, and digital publishers in the United States, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company was formerly known as Tremor International Ltd and changed its name to Nexxen International Ltd. in January 2024. Nexxen International Ltd. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.