Contrasting JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM) and Nextech3D.AI (OTCMKTS:NEXCF)

Nextech3D.AI (OTCMKTS:NEXCF) and JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Nextech3D.AI and JBT Marel, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nextech3D.AI	0	1	0	0	2.00
JBT Marel	0	2	3	0	2.60

JBT Marel has a consensus price target of $174.67, suggesting a potential upside of 35.31%. Given JBT Marel’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JBT Marel is more favorable than Nextech3D.AI.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Nextech3D.AI and JBT Marel”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nextech3D.AI	$2.32 million	10.57	-$3.78 million	($0.04)	-2.72
JBT Marel	$3.80 billion	1.77	-$50.50 million	$3.20	40.34

Nextech3D.AI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JBT Marel. Nextech3D.AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JBT Marel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Nextech3D.AI and JBT Marel’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nextech3D.AI	-615.58%	N/A	-518.57%
JBT Marel	4.32%	8.25%	4.46%

Risk and Volatility

Nextech3D.AI has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBT Marel has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

98.9% of JBT Marel shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of Nextech3D.AI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of JBT Marel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

JBT Marel beats Nextech3D.AI on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nextech3D.AI

Nextech3D.AI Corporation provides augmented reality technologies, wayfinding technologies, and 3D model services. It focuses on creating 3D WebAR photorealistic models for the prime ecommerce marketplace, as well as other online retailers. The company was formerly known as NexTech AR Solutions Corp. and changed its name to Nextech3D.AI Corporation in September 2023. Nextech3D.AI Corporation was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About JBT Marel

JBT Marel Corporation provides technology solutions to food and beverage industry in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers value-added processing that includes chilling, mixing/grinding, injecting, blending, marinating, tumbling, flattening, forming, portioning, coating, cooking, frying, freezing, extracting, pasteurizing, sterilizing, concentrating, high pressure processing, weighing, inspecting, filling, closing, sealing, end of line material handling, and packaging solutions to the food, beverage, and health market. In addition, it offers automated guided vehicle systems for material movement in the manufacturing, warehouse, and medical facilities. It serves baby food, bakery and confectionery, citrus processing, fruits and nuts, juices, non-food, pet food, pharmaceutical, plant- based beverages and protein, poultry, meat, and seafood, ready meals, oils, soups, sauces, seasoning and dressings, automotive, building material, tissue, paper, and packaging, hospitals, pharma and life sciences, fast moving consumer goods, manufacturing, warehousing, and other industries. The company markets and sells its products and solutions through direct sales force, independent distributors, sales representatives, and technical service teams. The company was formerly known as John Bean Technologies Corporation and changed its name to JBT Marel Corporation in January 2025. JBT Marel Corporation was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.