Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) vs. Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LILAK) Head-To-Head Comparison

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LILAK) and Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Liberty Global and Nexxen International”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Global	$4.41 billion	0.39	-$657.00 million	($5.93)	-1.43
Nexxen International	$365.48 million	1.45	$35.44 million	$0.63	13.27

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Global	-26.61%	-71.58%	-9.23%
Nexxen International	13.37%	13.64%	8.84%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Liberty Global and Nexxen International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Global	1	2	0	0	1.67
Nexxen International	0	1	8	0	2.89

Liberty Global presently has a consensus price target of $7.85, suggesting a potential downside of 7.65%. Nexxen International has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 79.43%. Given Nexxen International’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nexxen International is more favorable than Liberty Global.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

53.0% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Nexxen International shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Liberty Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Liberty Global has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexxen International has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nexxen International beats Liberty Global on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Liberty Global

Liberty Latin America Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides fixed, mobile, and subsea telecommunications services. The company operates through C&W Caribbean, C&W Panama, Liberty Networks, Liberty Puerto Rico, and Liberty Costa Rico segments. It offers communications and entertainment services, including video, broadband internet, fixed-line, telephony, and mobiles services to residential and business customers; and business products and services that include enterprise-grade connectivity, data center, hosting, and managed solutions, as well as information technology solutions for small and medium enterprises, international companies, and governmental agencies. The company also operates a sub-sea and terrestrial fiber optic cable network that connects approximately 40 markets. It provides its services under the brands of C&W, Liberty Costa Rica, Liberty Communications, BTC, Flow, and Mas Móvil. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

About Nexxen International

Tremor International Ltd provides end-to-end software platform that enables advertisers to reach relevant audiences and publishers. 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 Israel, the United States, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company was formerly known as Taptica International Ltd. and changed its name to Tremor International Ltd in September 2015. Tremor International Ltd was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.