PTSI vs. USX, YRCW, USAK, CVLG, LPG, NMM, NVGS, ULH, CPLP, and GSL
Should you be buying P.A.M. Transportation Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of P.A.M. Transportation Services include U.S. Xpress Enterprises (USX), YRC Worldwide (YRCW), USA Truck (USAK), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), Dorian LPG (LPG), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Navigator (NVGS), Universal Logistics (ULH), Capital Product Partners (CPLP), and Global Ship Lease (GSL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
P.A.M. Transportation Services (NASDAQ:PTSI) and U.S. Xpress Enterprises (NYSE:USX) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
U.S. Xpress Enterprises received 8 more outperform votes than P.A.M. Transportation Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.47% of users gave P.A.M. Transportation Services an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave U.S. Xpress Enterprises an outperform vote.
P.A.M. Transportation Services has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Xpress Enterprises has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
P.A.M. Transportation Services currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 23.15%. Given P.A.M. Transportation Services' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe P.A.M. Transportation Services is more favorable than U.S. Xpress Enterprises.
22.1% of P.A.M. Transportation Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.1% of U.S. Xpress Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 68.6% of P.A.M. Transportation Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.9% of U.S. Xpress Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, P.A.M. Transportation Services had 11 more articles in the media than U.S. Xpress Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for P.A.M. Transportation Services and 0 mentions for U.S. Xpress Enterprises. P.A.M. Transportation Services' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat U.S. Xpress Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that P.A.M. Transportation Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
P.A.M. Transportation Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than U.S. Xpress Enterprises. U.S. Xpress Enterprises 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.
P.A.M. Transportation Services has a net margin of 0.17% compared to U.S. Xpress Enterprises' net margin of -2.75%. P.A.M. Transportation Services' return on equity of 0.39% beat U.S. Xpress Enterprises' return on equity.
Summary
P.A.M. Transportation Services beats U.S. Xpress Enterprises on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get P.A.M. Transportation Services News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PTSI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PTSI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
P.A.M. Transportation Services Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
