Critical Comparison: On the Beach Group (OTCMKTS:OOBHF) and NextTrip (NASDAQ:NTRP)

NextTrip (NASDAQ:NTRP) and On the Beach Group (OTCMKTS:OOBHF) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.8% of NextTrip shares are held by institutional investors. 44.5% of NextTrip shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for NextTrip and On the Beach Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NextTrip	1	1	0	0	1.50
On the Beach Group	0	0	2	0	3.00

NextTrip currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.87%. Given NextTrip’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe NextTrip is more favorable than On the Beach Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares NextTrip and On the Beach Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NextTrip	$500,000.00	64.03	-$10.12 million	($1.41)	-2.61
On the Beach Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

On the Beach Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NextTrip.

Profitability

This table compares NextTrip and On the Beach Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NextTrip	-1,323.22%	-298.91%	-139.68%
On the Beach Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

On the Beach Group beats NextTrip on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NextTrip

NextTrip, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of travel technology solutions in the United States. The company offers NXT2.0, a booking engine technology platform, which provides travel distributors access to an inventory. It is also involved in the provision of online leisure travel agency services for booking hotels, flights, and curated vacations. The company was formerly known as Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. and changed its name to NextTrip, Inc. in March 2024. NextTrip, Inc. is based in Sunrise, Florida.

About On the Beach Group

On the Beach Group plc operates as an online retailer of short haul beach holidays under the On the Beach brand name in the United Kingdom. It operates through three segments: OTB, CCH, and CPH. The company provides its services through onthebeach.co.uk, sunshine.co.uk, and onthebeachtransfers.co.uk websites in the United Kingdom. It also operates as tour operator; and online business to business portals. On the Beach Group plc was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.