QUIZ (QUIZ) Competitors

NEXT (LON:NXT) and QUIZ (LON:QUIZ) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Is NXT or QUIZ a better dividend stock?

NEXT pays an annual dividend of GBX 216 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. QUIZ pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 147.1%. NEXT pays out 3,287.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. QUIZ pays out -2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QUIZ is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, NXT or QUIZ?

NEXT has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QUIZ has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NXT or QUIZ?

NEXT has higher revenue and earnings than QUIZ. QUIZ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NEXT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NEXT	£5.83B	1.93	£803.40M	£6.57	1,431.96
QUIZ	£81.96M	0.01	-£6.28M	-£0.05	-13.60

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in NXT or QUIZ?

72.3% of NEXT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of QUIZ shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of NEXT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of QUIZ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is NXT or QUIZ more profitable?

NEXT has a net margin of 13.77% compared to QUIZ's net margin of -7.66%. NEXT's return on equity of 62.53% beat QUIZ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NEXT	13.77%	62.53%	14.42%
QUIZ	-7.66%	-35.29%	-6.81%

Does the media refer more to NXT or QUIZ?

In the previous week, QUIZ had 9 more articles in the media than NEXT. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for QUIZ and 12 mentions for NEXT. QUIZ's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat NEXT's score of -0.04 indicating that QUIZ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NEXT	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
QUIZ	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate NXT or QUIZ?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NEXT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
QUIZ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NXT or QUIZ?

NEXT received 529 more outperform votes than QUIZ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.60% of users gave QUIZ an outperform vote while only 50.13% of users gave NEXT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NEXT	Outperform Votes 559 50.13%	Underperform Votes 556 49.87%
QUIZ	Outperform Votes 30 56.60%	Underperform Votes 23 43.40%

Summary

NEXT beats QUIZ on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.