Hour Loop (NASDAQ:HOUR – Get Free Report) and NextPlat (NASDAQ:NXPL – Get Free Report) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
0.3% of Hour Loop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of NextPlat shares are held by institutional investors. 95.0% of Hour Loop shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.2% of NextPlat shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Hour Loop and NextPlat”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Hour Loop | $142.44 million | 0.66 | $1.71 million | $0.05 | 53.20 |
| NextPlat | $54.32 million | 0.35 | -$10.46 million | ($4.40) | -1.59 |
Hour Loop has higher revenue and earnings than NextPlat. NextPlat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hour Loop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Hour Loop has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextPlat has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Hour Loop and NextPlat, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Hour Loop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| NextPlat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Hour Loop and NextPlat’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Hour Loop | 1.20% | 24.69% | 7.00% |
| NextPlat | -21.56% | -53.22% | -37.87% |
Summary
Hour Loop beats NextPlat on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Hour Loop
Hour Loop, Inc., an online retailer, engages in e-commerce retailing in the United States. The company sells products in various categories, including home/garden décor, toys, kitchenware, apparels, and electronics products. It sells its products through hourloop.com, as well as third-party marketplaces. Hour Loop, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
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.
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