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PAL vs. LIND, SNCY, ULH, GNK, CVLG, VLRS, SB, ASC, CLCO, and ESEA

Should you be buying Proficient Auto Logistics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Proficient Auto Logistics include Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Universal Logistics (ULH), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion (VLRS), Safe Bulkers (SB), Ardmore Shipping (ASC), Cool (CLCO), and Euroseas (ESEA). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Proficient Auto Logistics vs. Its Competitors

Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND) and Proficient Auto Logistics (NASDAQ:PAL) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Proficient Auto Logistics has a net margin of -3.49% compared to Lindblad Expeditions' net margin of -3.88%. Lindblad Expeditions' return on equity of 0.00% beat Proficient Auto Logistics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lindblad Expeditions-3.88% N/A -2.95%
Proficient Auto Logistics -3.49%-2.05%-1.39%

Proficient Auto Logistics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lindblad Expeditions.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lindblad Expeditions$644.73M1.03-$31.18M-$0.60-20.32
Proficient Auto Logistics$240.85M0.91-$8.48MN/AN/A

75.9% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.0% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Proficient Auto Logistics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Lindblad Expeditions had 1 more articles in the media than Proficient Auto Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lindblad Expeditions and 8 mentions for Proficient Auto Logistics. Lindblad Expeditions' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Proficient Auto Logistics' score of 0.65 indicating that Lindblad Expeditions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lindblad Expeditions
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Proficient Auto Logistics
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lindblad Expeditions presently has a consensus target price of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 28.52%. Proficient Auto Logistics has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 97.04%. Given Proficient Auto Logistics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Proficient Auto Logistics is more favorable than Lindblad Expeditions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lindblad Expeditions
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Proficient Auto Logistics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Lindblad Expeditions has a beta of 2.65, indicating that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Proficient Auto Logistics has a beta of 2.67, indicating that its stock price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lindblad Expeditions beats Proficient Auto Logistics on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PAL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PAL vs. The Competition

MetricProficient Auto LogisticsTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$219.26M$5.86B$7.36B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%699.43%4.01%
P/E RatioN/A10.9113.2720.06
Price / Sales0.911.05549.8589.33
Price / Cash16.8110.857.9858.56
Price / Book0.653.032.205.87
Net Income-$8.48M$189.74M$571.39M$258.55M
7 Day Performance19.41%2.79%1.80%3.73%
1 Month Performance16.33%1.12%5.29%11.75%
1 Year Performance-58.17%-6.53%-1.37%18.02%

Proficient Auto Logistics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAL
Proficient Auto Logistics
2.3856 of 5 stars
$8.12
+0.2%
$16.00
+97.0%
-57.3%$219.26M$240.85M0.00601News Coverage
Analyst Revision
LIND
Lindblad Expeditions
4.3723 of 5 stars
$12.34
-0.9%
$15.67
+27.0%
+28.0%$681.11M$644.73M-20.571,300Insider Trade
SNCY
Sun Country Airlines
3.8315 of 5 stars
$12.38
-0.8%
$16.83
+36.0%
-7.1%$664.03M$1.08B12.763,141News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ULH
Universal Logistics
2.8726 of 5 stars
$25.09
-0.2%
$29.00
+15.6%
-33.1%$662.28M$1.85B7.8910,821Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
GNK
Genco Shipping & Trading
3.489 of 5 stars
$15.16
-0.4%
$18.67
+23.1%
-17.8%$653.84M$376.85M14.581,010Analyst Revision
CVLG
Covenant Logistics Group
4.4915 of 5 stars
$23.63
+0.3%
$33.00
+39.7%
-4.4%$627.24M$1.12B18.244,610News Coverage
VLRS
Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion
2.2028 of 5 stars
$4.46
-1.0%
$7.44
+66.9%
-14.5%$524.69M$3.14B12.386,901News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
SB
Safe Bulkers
4.163 of 5 stars
$4.07
-1.3%
$4.47
+9.9%
-23.0%$433.83M$307.63M6.07920Upcoming Earnings
ASC
Ardmore Shipping
4.7199 of 5 stars
$9.94
-0.5%
$13.67
+37.5%
-51.0%$405.83M$405.78M4.36990Upcoming Earnings
CLCO
Cool
1.3299 of 5 stars
$6.74
-2.1%
N/A-45.4%$369.48M$338.50M9.901,647
ESEA
Euroseas
4.4476 of 5 stars
$49.56
+0.3%
$61.00
+23.1%
+39.6%$346.27M$222.53M2.67360News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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