Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN – Get Free Report) and News (NASDAQ:NWS – Get Free Report) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Nexxen International and News”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nexxen International | $382.86 million | 1.32 | $25.04 million | $0.22 | 40.20 |
| News | $9.03 billion | 1.93 | $573.00 million | $1.03 | 31.23 |
News has higher revenue and earnings than Nexxen International. News is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexxen International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Nexxen International and News, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nexxen International | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2.82 |
| News | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
Nexxen International currently has a consensus price target of $12.89, suggesting a potential upside of 45.75%. Given Nexxen International’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Nexxen International is more favorable than News.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
54.2% of Nexxen International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of News shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of News shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Nexxen International and News’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Nexxen International | 3.41% | 7.03% | 4.38% |
| News | 6.35% | 7.09% | 4.27% |
Volatility & Risk
Nexxen International has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
About News
News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes authoritative and engaging content, and other products and services for consumers and businesses worldwide. It operates through six segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The company distributes content and data products, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones Energy through various media channels, such as newspapers, newswires, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts. It also owns and operates Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weekly, and bi-weekly newspapers comprising The Australian, The Weekend Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, The Advertiser, Sunday Mail, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, The Times, The Sunday Times, and New York Post, as well as digital mastheads and other websites. In addition, the company publishes general fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and religious books; provides sports, entertainment, and news services to pay-TV and streaming subscribers, and other commercial licensees through satellite and internet distribution; and broadcasts rights to live sporting events. Further, it offers property and property-related advertising and services on its websites and mobile applications; digital real estate services; and financial services. News Corporation was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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