Reviewing Corporate Travel Management (OTCMKTS:CTMLF) & NextTrip (NASDAQ:NTRP)

NextTrip (NASDAQ:NTRP) and Corporate Travel Management (OTCMKTS:CTMLF) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares NextTrip and Corporate Travel Management’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%
Corporate Travel Management	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NextTrip and Corporate Travel Management”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NextTrip	$500,000.00	73.08	-$10.12 million	($1.41)	-2.98
Corporate Travel Management	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.19	0.05

Corporate Travel Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NextTrip. NextTrip is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corporate Travel Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for NextTrip and Corporate Travel Management, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NextTrip	1	1	0	0	1.50
Corporate Travel Management	0	0	0	0	0.00

NextTrip currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.05%. Given NextTrip’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NextTrip is more favorable than Corporate Travel Management.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

3.8% of NextTrip shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of Corporate Travel Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.5% of NextTrip shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Corporate Travel Management beats NextTrip on 6 of the 10 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 Corporate Travel Management

Corporate Travel Management Limited, a travel management solutions company, manages the procurement and delivery of travel services in Australia and New Zealand, North America, Asia, and Europe. . The company provides corporate travels, meetings and event travel management, resources travel, sports travel, leisure travel, loyalty travel, and wholesale travel services, as well as accommodation agency services. Corporate Travel Management Limited was founded in 1994 and is based in Brisbane, Australia.