Financial Review: H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) vs. NextTrip (NASDAQ:NTRP)
by Kim Johansen · The Markets DailyNextTrip (NASDAQ:NTRP – Get Free Report) and H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Risk and Volatility
NextTrip has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H World Group has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for NextTrip and H World Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| NextTrip | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| H World Group | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 |
NextTrip currently has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 291.81%. H World Group has a consensus target price of $61.20, indicating a potential upside of 40.82%. Given NextTrip’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NextTrip is more favorable than H World Group.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares NextTrip and H World Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| NextTrip | $3.72 million | 8.02 | -$15.91 million | ($1.41) | -1.40 |
| H World Group | $26.60 billion | 0.50 | $726.00 million | $2.27 | 19.14 |
H World Group has higher revenue and earnings than NextTrip. NextTrip is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H World Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
3.8% of NextTrip shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of H World Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.0% of NextTrip shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 49.4% of H World Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares NextTrip and H World Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| NextTrip | -289.92% | -246.48% | -105.09% |
| H World Group | 18.90% | 41.05% | 8.07% |
Summary
H World Group beats NextTrip on 11 of the 14 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 H World Group
H World Group Limited develops leased and owned, manachised, and franchised hotels in the People's Republic of China. The company operates hotels under its own brands, such as HanTing Hotel, Ni Hao Hotel, Hi Inn, Elan Hotel, Zleep Hotels, Ibis Hotel, JI Hotel, Orange Hotel, Starway Hotel, Ibis Styles Hotel, CitiGO Hotel, Crystal Orange Hotel, IntercityHotel, Manxin Hotel, Mercure Hotel, Madison Hotel, Novotel Hotel, Joya Hotel, Blossom House, Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts, MAXX by Steigenberger, Jaz in the City, Grand Mercure, Steigenberger Icon, and Song Hotels. The company was formerly known as Huazhu Group Limited and changed its name to H World Group Limited in June 2022. H World Group Limited was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.