Head to Head Survey: Next Technology (NASDAQ:NXTT) vs. Innodata (NASDAQ:INOD)

Next Technology (NASDAQ:NXTT) and Innodata (NASDAQ:INOD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Next Technology and Innodata”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Next Technology	$1.80 million	70.87	-$9.92 million	N/A	N/A
Innodata	$170.46 million	7.43	-$910,000.00	$0.85	46.91

Innodata has higher revenue and earnings than Next Technology.

Risk & Volatility

Next Technology has a beta of 3.34, indicating that its stock price is 234% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innodata has a beta of 2.66, indicating that its stock price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Next Technology and Innodata, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Next Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00
Innodata	0	0	5	0	3.00

Innodata has a consensus price target of $53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.93%. Given Innodata’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Innodata is more favorable than Next Technology.

Profitability

This table compares Next Technology and Innodata’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Next Technology	N/A	54.87%	50.18%
Innodata	16.81%	66.36%	31.77%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.7% of Next Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of Innodata shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.5% of Next Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Innodata shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Innodata beats Next Technology on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Next Technology

Next Technology Holding Inc. provides technical services and solutions through its social e-commerce platform primarily in Mainland China. It offers YCloud, a micro-business cloud intelligent internationalization system that conducts multi-channel data analysis through the learning of big data and social recommendation relationships, as well as provides users with AI fission and management systems, and supply chain systems. The company’s YCloud system also provides micro-business owners with various payment methods, such as Alipay, WeChat, and UnionPay. In addition, it offers chatGPT technical services; and technical system support, software development, and services. The company serves individual and corporate users in the micro business industry. It also has operations in Hong Kong and Singapore. The company was formerly known as WeTrade Group, Inc. and changed its name to Next Technology Holding Inc in April 2024. Next Technology Holding Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People Republic of China.

About Innodata

Innodata Inc. operates as a global data engineering company in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Digital Data Solutions (DDS), Synodex, and Agility. The DDS segment engages in the provision of artificial intelligence (AI) data preparation services; collecting or creating training data; annotating training data; and training AI algorithms for its customers, as well as AI model deployment and integration services. This segment also provides a range of data engineering support services, including data transformation, data curation, data hygiene, data consolidation, data extraction, data compliance, and master data management. The Synodex segment offers an industry platform that transforms medical records into useable digital data with its proprietary data models or client data models. The Agility segment provides an industry platform that offers marketing communications and public relations professionals to target and distribute content to journalists and social media influencers; and to monitor and analyze global news channels, such as print, web, radio, and TV, as well as social media channels. It serves banking, insurance, financial services, technology, digital retailing, and information/media sectors through its professional staff, senior management, and direct sales personnel. The company was formerly known as Innodata Isogen, Inc. and changed its name to Innodata Inc. in June 2012. Innodata Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey.