EverQuote (NASDAQ:EVER – Get Free Report) and Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for EverQuote and Nexxen International, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| EverQuote | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.17 |
| Nexxen International | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
EverQuote presently has a consensus price target of $32.33, suggesting a potential upside of 20.29%. Nexxen International has a consensus price target of $20.40, suggesting a potential upside of 150.31%. Given Nexxen International’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nexxen International is more favorable than EverQuote.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| EverQuote | $408.44 million | 2.33 | -$51.29 million | $0.34 | 79.06 |
| Nexxen International | $349.11 million | 1.51 | -$21.49 million | $0.04 | 203.75 |
Nexxen International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EverQuote. EverQuote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexxen International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares EverQuote and Nexxen International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| EverQuote | 3.31% | 13.94% | 9.24% |
| Nexxen International | 3.96% | 7.49% | 4.70% |
Risk & Volatility
EverQuote has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexxen International has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
91.5% of EverQuote shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Nexxen International shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of EverQuote shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
EverQuote beats Nexxen International on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About EverQuote
EverQuote, Inc. operates an online marketplace for insurance shopping in the United States. The company offers auto, home and renters, and life insurance. The company serves carriers and agents, as well as indirect distributors. The company was formerly known as AdHarmonics, Inc., and changed its name to EverQuote, Inc. in November 2014. EverQuote, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
About Nexxen International
Nexxen International Ltd. provides end-to-end software platform that enables advertisers to reach publishers Israel. 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 the United States, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company was formerly known as Tremor International Ltd and changed its name to Nexxen International Ltd. in January 2024. Nexxen International Ltd. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
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