OneStream (NASDAQ:OS – Get Free Report) and NextNav (NASDAQ:NN – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and dividends.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
79.2% of NextNav shares are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of OneStream shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of NextNav shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for OneStream and NextNav, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OneStream | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.85 |
| NextNav | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2.71 |
OneStream presently has a consensus price target of $24.06, suggesting a potential upside of 0.26%. NextNav has a consensus price target of $32.33, suggesting a potential upside of 158.05%. Given NextNav’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NextNav is more favorable than OneStream.
Profitability
This table compares OneStream and NextNav’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| OneStream | -8.36% | 11.28% | 6.68% |
| NextNav | -3,232.19% | -211.25% | -25.35% |
Risk and Volatility
OneStream has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextNav has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares OneStream and NextNav”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OneStream | $601.93 million | 9.80 | -$50.30 million | ($0.28) | -85.71 |
| NextNav | $3.98 million | 531.86 | -$189.25 million | ($0.97) | -12.92 |
OneStream has higher revenue and earnings than NextNav. OneStream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NextNav, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
OneStream beats NextNav on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About OneStream
OneStream, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) based enterprise finance platform. The firm offers Digital Finance Cloud, an AI-enabled and extensible software platform that unifies core financial functions and operational data and processes. The company was founded by Craig Colby and Thomas Shea on October 15, 2021 and is headquartered in Birmingham, MI.
About NextNav
NextNav Inc. provides next generation positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) solutions in the United States. It offers Pinnacle, a dedicated vertical positioning network to cover entire metropolitan areas including devices equipped with a barometric pressure sensor with the highest quality wide-area altitude service. The company also provides TerraPoiNT, an 3D PNT system, provides positioning, navigation and timing services provided by GPS through a land-based GPS satellite constellation. It serves Wi-Fi, telecom, public safety, gaming and location apps, and critical infrastructure applications. NextNav Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
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