Twilio (NYSE:TWLO – Get Free Report) and Nextech3D.AI (OTCMKTS:NEXCF – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Volatility and Risk
Twilio has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nextech3D.AI has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
84.3% of Twilio shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Twilio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Nextech3D.AI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Twilio | 1 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 3.00 |
| Nextech3D.AI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Twilio currently has a consensus price target of $249.68, indicating a potential upside of 6.52%. Given Twilio’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Twilio is more favorable than Nextech3D.AI.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Twilio and Nextech3D.AI”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Twilio | $5.07 billion | 7.10 | $33.83 million | $7.18 | 32.65 |
| Nextech3D.AI | $1.54 million | 11.46 | -$2.57 million | ($0.02) | -3.78 |
Twilio has higher revenue and earnings than Nextech3D.AI. Nextech3D.AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Twilio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Twilio and Nextech3D.AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Twilio | 20.61% | 5.09% | 4.15% |
| Nextech3D.AI | -158.70% | N/A | -179.34% |
Summary
Twilio beats Nextech3D.AI on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Twilio
Twilio Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides customer engagement platform solutions in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Twilio Communications and Twilio Segment. The company provides various application programming interfaces and software solutions for communications between customers and end users, including messaging, voice, email, flex, marketing campaigns, and user identity and authentication. It also offers software products to build direct, personalized relationships with their end users, such as segment, a platform that provides tools for first-party data by unifying real-time information collected; and engage, an automation platform for the delivery of omnichannel campaigns. Twilio Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About Nextech3D.AI
Nextech3D.AI Corporation provides augmented reality technologies, wayfinding technologies, and 3D model services. It focuses on creating 3D WebAR photorealistic models for the prime ecommerce marketplace, as well as other online retailers. The company was formerly known as NexTech AR Solutions Corp. and changed its name to Nextech3D.AI Corporation in September 2023. Nextech3D.AI Corporation was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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