Reviewing LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) & Next Technology (NASDAQ:NXTT)

LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) and Next Technology (NASDAQ:NXTT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.8% of LiveRamp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.7% of Next Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of LiveRamp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of Next Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for LiveRamp and Next Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LiveRamp	1	2	3	0	2.33
Next Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00

LiveRamp presently has a consensus target price of $38.17, suggesting a potential upside of 30.89%. Given LiveRamp’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe LiveRamp is more favorable than Next Technology.

Profitability

This table compares LiveRamp and Next Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LiveRamp	0.01%	0.97%	0.75%
Next Technology	N/A	54.87%	50.18%

Risk and Volatility

LiveRamp has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Next Technology has a beta of 3.31, meaning that its stock price is 231% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares LiveRamp and Next Technology”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LiveRamp	$728.71 million	2.63	$11.88 million	$0.01	2,916.00
Next Technology	$1.80 million	484.74	-$9.92 million	N/A	N/A

LiveRamp has higher revenue and earnings than Next Technology.

Summary

LiveRamp beats Next Technology on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LiveRamp

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc., a technology company, operates a data collaboration platform in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates LiveRamp Data Collaboration platform enables an organization to unify customer and prospect data to build a single view of the customer in a way that protects consumer privacy. Its platform supports various people-based marketing solutions, including data collaboration, activation, measurement and analytics, identity, and data marketplace. The company sells its solutions to enterprise marketers, agencies, marketing technology providers, publishers, and data providers in various industry verticals, such as financial, insurance and investment services, retail, automotive, telecommunications, high tech, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, travel, entertainment, and non-profit. The company was formerly known as Acxiom Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. in October 2018. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Next Technology

Next Technology Holding Inc. provides technical services and solutions through its social e-commerce platform primarily in Mainland China. It offers YCloud, a micro-business cloud intelligent internationalization system that conducts multi-channel data analysis through the learning of big data and social recommendation relationships, as well as provides users with AI fission and management systems, and supply chain systems. The company’s YCloud system also provides micro-business owners with various payment methods, such as Alipay, WeChat, and UnionPay. In addition, it offers chatGPT technical services; and technical system support, software development, and services. The company serves individual and corporate users in the micro business industry. It also has operations in Hong Kong and Singapore. The company was formerly known as WeTrade Group, Inc. and changed its name to Next Technology Holding Inc in April 2024. Next Technology Holding Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People Republic of China.