NextTrip (NASDAQ:NTRP – Get Free Report) and Xponential Fitness (NYSE:XPOF – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
Volatility & Risk
NextTrip has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xponential Fitness has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares NextTrip and Xponential Fitness’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| NextTrip | -289.92% | -246.48% | -105.09% |
| Xponential Fitness | -13.64% | -3.40% | -0.66% |
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| NextTrip | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Xponential Fitness | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
NextTrip presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 428.17%. Xponential Fitness has a consensus target price of $6.94, suggesting a potential upside of 68.18%. Given NextTrip’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NextTrip is more favorable than Xponential Fitness.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares NextTrip and Xponential Fitness”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| NextTrip | $3.72 million | 5.76 | -$15.91 million | ($1.41) | -1.01 |
| Xponential Fitness | $288.47 million | 0.71 | -$33.79 million | ($1.47) | -2.81 |
NextTrip has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xponential Fitness. Xponential Fitness is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NextTrip, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
3.8% of NextTrip shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of Xponential Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. 40.0% of NextTrip shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of Xponential Fitness shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
About NextTrip
NextTrip, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of travel technology solutions in the United States. The company offers NXT2.0, a booking engine technology platform, which provides travel distributors access to an inventory. It is also involved in the provision of online leisure travel agency services for booking hotels, flights, and curated vacations. The company was formerly known as Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. and changed its name to NextTrip, Inc. in March 2024. NextTrip, Inc. is based in Sunrise, Florida.
About Xponential Fitness
Xponential Fitness, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a boutique fitness franchisor in North America. It offers pilates, indoor cycling, barre, stretching, rowing, dancing, boxing, running, functional training, and yoga services under the Club Pilates, Pure Barre, CycleBar, StretchLab, Row House, YogaSix, Rumble, AKT, Stride, and BFT brands. Xponential Fitness, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
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