NextTrip (NASDAQ:NTRP) & TUI (OTCMKTS:TUIFF) Financial Comparison

TUI (OTCMKTS:TUIFF) and NextTrip (NASDAQ:NTRP) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

13.6% of TUI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of NextTrip shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.5% of NextTrip shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares TUI and NextTrip”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TUI	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.31	30.16
NextTrip	$500,000.00	64.03	-$10.12 million	($1.41)	-2.61

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

Profitability

This table compares TUI and NextTrip’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TUI	N/A	N/A	N/A
NextTrip	-1,323.22%	-298.91%	-139.68%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for TUI and NextTrip, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TUI	0	0	1	0	3.00
NextTrip	1	1	0	0	1.50

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

Summary

TUI beats NextTrip on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TUI

TUI AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides tourism services worldwide. It operates hotels and resorts under the Royalton, Mora, RIU Hotels & Resorts, Robinson, TUI Blue, TUI Magic Life, Atlantica Hotels & Resorts, Grupotel, Iberotel, Akra Hotels, TUI Suneo, and AQI brands. The company is also involved in the tour operation and airlines businesses. In addition, it operates cruise ships under the Hapag-Lloyd Cruises and Marella brands. The company operates travel agencies and online portals; aircraft; and cruise ships. The company was formerly known as Preussag AG and changed its name to TUI AG in June 2002. TUI AG was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Hanover, Germany.

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.