NextNav (NASDAQ:NN – Get Free Report) and OneStream (NASDAQ:OS – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
79.2% of NextNav shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of NextNav shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of OneStream shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
NextNav has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneStream has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares NextNav and OneStream’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| NextNav | -3,232.19% | -211.25% | -25.35% |
| OneStream | -8.36% | 11.28% | 6.68% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares NextNav and OneStream”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| NextNav | $4.57 million | 416.67 | -$189.25 million | ($0.97) | -11.63 |
| OneStream | $601.93 million | 9.80 | -$50.30 million | ($0.28) | -85.71 |
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.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for NextNav and OneStream, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| NextNav | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2.71 |
| OneStream | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.85 |
NextNav presently has a consensus target price of $32.33, indicating a potential upside of 186.64%. OneStream has a consensus target price of $24.06, indicating a potential upside of 0.26%. Given NextNav’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NextNav is more favorable than OneStream.
Summary
OneStream beats NextNav on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
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