Critical Comparison: Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) & Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH)

Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH) and Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Match Group and Nexxen International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Match Group	0	7	11	0	2.61
Nexxen International	0	1	3	0	2.75

Match Group presently has a consensus target price of $42.67, suggesting a potential upside of 44.55%. Nexxen International has a consensus target price of $7.88, suggesting a potential upside of 31.69%. Given Match Group’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Match Group is more favorable than Nexxen International.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Match Group	19.03%	-433.59%	14.95%
Nexxen International	-3.12%	4.86%	2.96%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Match Group and Nexxen International’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Match Group	$3.44 billion	2.28	$651.54 million	$2.30	12.83
Nexxen International	$334.69 million	1.24	-$21.49 million	($0.13)	-46.00

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

Volatility & Risk

Match Group has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexxen International has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.1% of Match Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Nexxen International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Match Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Match Group beats Nexxen International on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Match Group

Match Group, Inc. engages in the provision of dating products. Its portfolio of brands includes Tinder, Hinge, Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Pairs, Plenty Of Fish, Azar, BLK, and Hakuna, as well as a various other brands, each built to increase users' likelihood of connecting with others. Its services are available in over 40 languages to users worldwide. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

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.