Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) & Cardlytics (NASDAQ:CDLX) Head to Head Comparison

Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) and Cardlytics (NASDAQ:CDLX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Nexxen International and Cardlytics, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nexxen International	0	1	4	0	2.80
Cardlytics	1	5	0	1	2.14

Nexxen International presently has a consensus price target of $9.80, suggesting a potential downside of 4.85%. Cardlytics has a consensus price target of $6.92, suggesting a potential upside of 85.43%. Given Cardlytics’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cardlytics is more favorable than Nexxen International.

Risk and Volatility

Nexxen International has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cardlytics has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Nexxen International and Cardlytics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nexxen International	3.96%	7.49%	4.70%
Cardlytics	-93.55%	-110.67%	-32.70%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Nexxen International and Cardlytics”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nexxen International	$331.99 million	2.06	-$21.49 million	$0.04	257.50
Cardlytics	$309.20 million	0.61	-$134.70 million	($6.11)	-0.61

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

54.2% of Nexxen International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Cardlytics shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Cardlytics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Nexxen International beats Cardlytics on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Cardlytics

Cardlytics, Inc. operates an advertising platform in the United States and the United Kingdom. It offers Cardlytics platform, a proprietary native bank advertising channel that enables marketers to reach customers through their network of financial institution partners through digital channels, such as online, mobile applications, email, and various real-time notifications; and Bridg platform, a customer data platform which utilizes point-of-sale data and enables marketers to perform analytics and targeted loyalty marketing, as well as measure the impact of their marketing. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.