NextPlat (NASDAQ:NXPL – Get Free Report) and George Weston (OTCMKTS:WNGRF – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Volatility and Risk
NextPlat has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, George Weston has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for NextPlat and George Weston, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| NextPlat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| George Weston | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares NextPlat and George Weston”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| NextPlat | $54.32 million | 0.44 | -$10.46 million | ($3.67) | -2.43 |
| George Weston | $46.17 billion | 0.58 | $817.33 million | $1.86 | 38.76 |
George Weston has higher revenue and earnings than NextPlat. NextPlat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than George Weston, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
1.3% of NextPlat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of George Weston shares are held by institutional investors. 46.1% of NextPlat shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.6% of George Weston shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares NextPlat and George Weston’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| NextPlat | -20.38% | -54.66% | -34.82% |
| George Weston | 1.54% | 14.12% | 3.38% |
Summary
George Weston beats NextPlat on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About NextPlat
NextPlat Corp operates as a healthcare and e-commerce company in Europe, North America, South America, the Asia and Pacific, and Africa. The company operates full-service retail specialty services pharmacies that provides prescription pharmaceuticals prescription pharmaceuticals, third-party administration, risk and data management services, compounded medications, tele-pharmacy services, anti-retroviral medications, medication therapy management, contracted pharmacy services, and health practice risk management to healthcare organizations and providers, as well as supplies prescription medications to long-term care facilities. It also offers COVID-19 related diagnostics and vaccinations, and medication adherence packaging; and value-added services, such as prior authorization assistance, same-day home-medication delivery, on site provider consultation services, primary care reporting and analytics, and customized packaging solutions, as well as acquires and leases an e-commerce platform to collaborate with businesses to optimize their ability to sell their goods online. In addition, it operates e-commerce websites, as well as third-party e-commerce storefronts that provides mobile satellite services solutions for satellite-enabled voice, data, personnel and asset tracking, machine-to-machine, and internet of things connectivity services; voice, data communications, internet of things (IoT), and machine-to-machine services; tracking and monitoring solutions and services; satellite communications products; and GPS enabled emergency locator distress beacons. Further, it offers satellite tracking devices used to monitor the location, movements, and history of anything that moves; SolarTrack, a compact, lightweight, IoT tracking device powered by the sun; and GTCTrack, a subscription-based mapping and tracking portal. The company was formerly known as Orbsat Corp. and changed its name to NextPlat Corp in January 2022. NextPlat Corp is based in Coconut Grove, Florida.
About George Weston
George Weston Limited provides food and drug retailing, and financial services in Canada. The company operates through two segments, Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) and Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (Choice Properties). The Loblaw segment provides grocery, pharmacy and healthcare services, health and beauty products, apparel, general merchandise, and financial services. This segment also offers credit card and other banking services, insurance brokerage services, guaranteed investment certificates, and wireless mobile products and services. The Choice Properties segment owns, operates, manages, and develops retail commercial and residential properties, leased to necessity-based tenants, industrial, and mixed-use and residential assets. It markets its products under the Shoppers Drug Mart, Joe Fresh, President’s Choice Bank, no name, Farmer’s Market, T&T, Life Brand, and PC Optimum brands. The company was founded in 1882 and is based in Toronto, Canada. George Weston Limited operates as a subsidiary of Wittington Investments, Limited.
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