New York Times (NYSE:NYT – Get Free Report) and Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN – Get Free Report) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
95.4% of New York Times shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Nexxen International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of New York Times shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
New York Times has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexxen International has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares New York Times and Nexxen International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| New York Times | 13.19% | 22.64% | 15.58% |
| Nexxen International | 3.41% | 7.03% | 4.38% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for New York Times and Nexxen International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| New York Times | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2.64 |
| Nexxen International | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2.82 |
New York Times presently has a consensus price target of $82.70, indicating a potential upside of 20.05%. Nexxen International has a consensus price target of $12.89, indicating a potential upside of 43.29%. Given Nexxen International’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nexxen International is more favorable than New York Times.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares New York Times and Nexxen International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| New York Times | $2.98 billion | 3.73 | $343.98 million | $2.40 | 28.70 |
| Nexxen International | $364.78 million | 1.40 | $25.04 million | $0.22 | 40.89 |
New York Times has higher revenue and earnings than Nexxen International. New York Times is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexxen International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
New York Times beats Nexxen International on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About New York Times
The New York Times Company, together with its subsidiaries, creates, collects, and distributes news and information worldwide. The company operates through two segments, The New York Times Group and The Athletic. It offers The New York Times (The Times) through company’s mobile application, website, printed newspaper, and associated content, such as podcast. The company also offers The Athletic, a sports media product; Cooking, a recipe product; Games, a puzzle games product; and Audio, an audio product. In addition, it offers a portfolio of advertising products and services to advertisers, such as luxury goods, technology, and financial companies, to promote products, services or brands on digital platforms in the form of display ads, audio and video, in print in the form of column-inch ads, and at live events; and Wirecutter, a product review and recommendation product. Further, the company licenses content to digital aggregators in the business, professional, academic and library markets, and third-party digital platforms; articles, graphics, and photographs, including newspapers, magazines, and websites; and for use in television, films, and books, as well as provide rights to reprint articles, and create and sell new digests. Additionally, it engages in commercial printing and distribution for third parties; and operates the NYTimes.com website. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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.
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