Head to Head Analysis: Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) and Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN)

Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) and Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Nexxen International and Pinterest”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nexxen International	$331.99 million	1.68	-$21.49 million	($0.07)	-118.98
Pinterest	$3.34 billion	6.67	-$35.61 million	$0.21	155.14

Nexxen International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pinterest. Nexxen International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinterest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Nexxen International and Pinterest, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nexxen International	0	1	4	0	2.80
Pinterest	0	8	21	0	2.72

Nexxen International presently has a consensus target price of $9.10, suggesting a potential upside of 9.24%. Pinterest has a consensus target price of $43.56, suggesting a potential upside of 33.69%. Given Pinterest’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pinterest is more favorable than Nexxen International.

Profitability

This table compares Nexxen International and Pinterest’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nexxen International	-0.57%	5.92%	3.68%
Pinterest	5.75%	6.94%	5.93%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

54.2% of Nexxen International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Pinterest shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Pinterest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Nexxen International has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinterest has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pinterest beats Nexxen International on 11 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 Pinterest

Pinterest, Inc. operates as a visual search and discovery platform in the United States and internationally. Its platform allows people to find ideas, such as recipes, home and style inspiration, and others; and to search, save, and shop the ideas. The company was formerly known as Cold Brew Labs Inc. and changed its name to Pinterest, Inc. in April 2012. Pinterest, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.