NextPlat (NASDAQ:NXPL – Get Free Report) and JD.com (NASDAQ:JD – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for NextPlat and JD.com, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| NextPlat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| JD.com | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2.71 |
NextPlat presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 91.64%. JD.com has a consensus target price of $36.42, suggesting a potential upside of 19.01%. Given NextPlat’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe NextPlat is more favorable than JD.com.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| NextPlat | $54.32 million | 0.29 | -$10.46 million | ($4.32) | -1.33 |
| JD.com | $187.20 billion | 0.20 | $2.81 billion | $1.28 | 23.91 |
JD.com has higher revenue and earnings than NextPlat. NextPlat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JD.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
1.3% of NextPlat shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of JD.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.1% of NextPlat shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of JD.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares NextPlat and JD.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| NextPlat | -23.14% | -58.05% | -39.81% |
| JD.com | 1.04% | 5.90% | 2.48% |
Risk & Volatility
NextPlat has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JD.com has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
JD.com beats NextPlat on 11 of the 15 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 JD.com
JD.com, Inc. operates as a supply chain-based technology and service provider in the People's Republic of China. The company offers computers, communication, and consumer electronics products, as well as home appliances; and general merchandise products comprising food, beverage and fresh produce, baby and maternity products, furniture and household goods, cosmetics and other personal care items, pharmaceutical and healthcare products, industrial products, books, automobile accessories, apparel and footwear, bags, and jewelry. It also provides online marketplace services for third-party merchants; marketing services; and omni-channel solutions to customers and offline retailers, as well as online healthcare services. In addition, the company develops, owns, and manages its logistics facilities and other real estate properties to support third parties; offers asset management services and integrated service platform; leasing of storage facilities and related management services; and engages in online retail business. Further, it provides integrated data, technology, business, and user management industry solutions to support the digitization of enterprises and institutions; and technology-driven supply chain solutions and logistics services. The company was formerly known as 360buy Jingdong Inc. and changed its name to JD.com, Inc. in January 2014. JD.com, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
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