CVLG vs. PTSI, YRCW, YELLQ, HTLD, ULH, MRTN, WERN, OSG, SB, and PWFL
Should you be buying Covenant Logistics Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Covenant Logistics Group include P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), YRC Worldwide (YRCW), Yellow (YELLQ), Heartland Express (HTLD), Universal Logistics (ULH), Marten Transport (MRTN), Werner Enterprises (WERN), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Safe Bulkers (SB), and PowerFleet (PWFL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
P.A.M. Transportation Services (NASDAQ:PTSI) and Covenant Logistics Group (NASDAQ:CVLG) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
P.A.M. Transportation Services received 166 more outperform votes than Covenant Logistics Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.40% of users gave P.A.M. Transportation Services an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Covenant Logistics Group an outperform vote.
Covenant Logistics Group has a net margin of 3.82% compared to Covenant Logistics Group's net margin of 1.75%. P.A.M. Transportation Services' return on equity of 14.16% beat Covenant Logistics Group's return on equity.
P.A.M. Transportation Services presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.35%. Covenant Logistics Group has a consensus price target of $68.67, indicating a potential upside of 44.14%. Given P.A.M. Transportation Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Covenant Logistics Group is more favorable than P.A.M. Transportation Services.
22.1% of P.A.M. Transportation Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.5% of P.A.M. Transportation Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.5% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, P.A.M. Transportation Services and P.A.M. Transportation Services both had 3 articles in the media. P.A.M. Transportation Services' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Covenant Logistics Group's score of 0.94 indicating that Covenant Logistics Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
P.A.M. Transportation Services has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Covenant Logistics Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Covenant Logistics Group has higher revenue and earnings than P.A.M. Transportation Services. Covenant Logistics Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than P.A.M. Transportation Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Covenant Logistics Group beats P.A.M. Transportation Services on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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