TrueBlue (TBI) Competitors

Yellow (NASDAQ:YELL) and TrueBlue (NYSE:TBI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Is YELL or TBI more profitable?

TrueBlue has a net margin of -0.74% compared to TrueBlue's net margin of -1.65%. Yellow's return on equity of 2.39% beat TrueBlue's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yellow	-1.65%	-6.10%	-3.54%
TrueBlue	-0.74%	2.39%	1.19%

Do analysts recommend YELL or TBI?

Yellow presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential downside of 69.77%. TrueBlue has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 79.75%. Given Yellow's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TrueBlue is more favorable than Yellow.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yellow	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
TrueBlue	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of YELL or TBI?

35.7% of Yellow shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of TrueBlue shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Yellow shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of TrueBlue shares are held 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, YELL or TBI?

Yellow has higher revenue and earnings than TrueBlue. TrueBlue is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yellow, 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
Yellow	$4.85B	0.09	$21.80M	-$1.55	-5.34
TrueBlue	$1.91B	0.17	-$14.17M	-$0.45	-23.49

Does the MarketBeat Community favor YELL or TBI?

TrueBlue received 325 more outperform votes than Yellow when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.91% of users gave TrueBlue an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Yellow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yellow	Outperform Votes 4 18.18%	Underperform Votes 18 81.82%
TrueBlue	Outperform Votes 329 62.91%	Underperform Votes 194 37.09%

Which has more risk & volatility, YELL or TBI?

Yellow has a beta of 2.79, indicating that its stock price is 179% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TrueBlue has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to YELL or TBI?

In the previous week, TrueBlue had 1 more articles in the media than Yellow. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TrueBlue and 2 mentions for Yellow. TrueBlue's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Yellow'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yellow	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TrueBlue	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

TrueBlue beats Yellow on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.