CVLG vs. PTSI, YRCW, YELLQ, HTLD, ULH, MRTN, SB, VLRS, TK, and ASC
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), Safe Bulkers (SB), Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (VLRS), Teekay (TK), and Ardmore Shipping (ASC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Covenant Logistics Group (NASDAQ:CVLG) and P.A.M. Transportation Services (NASDAQ:PTSI) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.
Covenant Logistics Group has a net margin of 4.98% compared to P.A.M. Transportation Services' net margin of 2.27%. Covenant Logistics Group's return on equity of 14.85% beat P.A.M. Transportation Services' return on equity.
P.A.M. Transportation Services received 166 more outperform votes than Covenant Logistics Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.81% 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 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.
Covenant Logistics Group currently has a consensus target price of $68.67, suggesting a potential upside of 48.12%. Given Covenant Logistics Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Covenant Logistics Group is more favorable than P.A.M. Transportation Services.
In the previous week, P.A.M. Transportation Services had 1 more articles in the media than Covenant Logistics Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for P.A.M. Transportation Services and 2 mentions for Covenant Logistics Group. P.A.M. Transportation Services' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Covenant Logistics Group's score of 0.62 indicating that P.A.M. Transportation Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Covenant Logistics Group has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, P.A.M. Transportation Services has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.7% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of P.A.M. Transportation Services shares are held by institutional investors. 35.3% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.6% of P.A.M. Transportation Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Covenant Logistics Group beats P.A.M. Transportation Services on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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