Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN – Get Free Report) and Dada Nexus (NASDAQ:DADA – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
54.2% of Nexxen International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Dada Nexus shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Dada Nexus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Nexxen International and Dada Nexus, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nexxen International | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
| Dada Nexus | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.17 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Nexxen International and Dada Nexus”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nexxen International | $349.11 million | 2.02 | -$21.49 million | $0.04 | 268.50 |
| Dada Nexus | $9.98 billion | 0.03 | -$275.71 million | ($1.11) | -1.16 |
Nexxen International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dada Nexus. Dada Nexus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexxen International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Nexxen International has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dada Nexus has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Nexxen International and Dada Nexus’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Nexxen International | 3.96% | 7.49% | 4.70% |
| Dada Nexus | -20.95% | -12.70% | -9.56% |
Summary
Nexxen International beats Dada Nexus on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Dada Nexus
Dada Nexus Limited operates a platform of local on-demand retail and delivery in the People’s Republic of China. It operates Dada Now, a local on-demand delivery platform that provides intra-city delivery and last-mile delivery services on an on-demand basis to chain merchants, small- and medium-sized enterprise merchants, and individual senders; and JDDJ, a local on-demand retail platforms for consumers, retailers, and brand owners. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.
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