Financial Contrast: Exxe Group (OTCMKTS:AXXA) vs. NN (NASDAQ:NNBR)

Exxe Group (OTCMKTS:AXXA) and NN (NASDAQ:NNBR) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

52.6% of NN shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of NN shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Exxe Group and NN, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Exxe Group	0	0	0	0	N/A
NN	0	0	1	0	3.00

NN has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 66.67%. Given NN’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NN is more favorable than Exxe Group.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Exxe Group and NN’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Exxe Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NN	$498.74 million	0.23	-$26.10 million	($1.18)	-2.03

Exxe Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NN.

Profitability

This table compares Exxe Group and NN’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Exxe Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
NN	-8.41%	-8.88%	-2.72%

Summary

NN beats Exxe Group on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Exxe Group

Exxe Group Inc. focuses on real estate, sustainable technology, media, agribusiness, and financial services businesses. The company buys, develops, and manages real estate properties, including condominiums, hotels, vacation homes, residential complexes, senior living communities, offices, and self-storage facilities. It also provides financing and execution services; advises issuers and investors through financing, acquisition, and exit strategies; and delivers services to investors through media and tech. The company was formerly known as Telecorp, Inc. Exxe Group Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.

About NN

NN, Inc., a diversified industrial company, designs, manufactures, and sells high-precision metal and plastic components and assemblies. It operates through two segments, Mobile Solutions and Power Solutions. The Mobile Solutions segment manufactures and sells system critical components for automotive and general industrial end markets for use in power steering, braking, transmissions, gasoline fuel system, diesel injection, and diesel emissions treatment applications, as well as use in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. The Power Solutions segment designs, manufactures, and sells a range of high-precision metal and plastic components, assemblies, and finished devices used in various applications, such as power control and transportation electrification. Its products include electrical contacts, connectors, contact assemblies, and precision stampings for the electrical, general industrial, automotive, aerospace, defense, and medical end markets. This segment also produces various tools and instruments for the orthopaedics and medical/surgical end markets. NN, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.