Toro (TORO) Competitors

Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) and PAMT (NASDAQ:PAMT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Do analysts prefer TORO or PAMT?

PAMT has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.37%. Given PAMT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PAMT is more favorable than Toro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toro	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
PAMT	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, TORO or PAMT?

Toro has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PAMT. PAMT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, 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
Toro	$22.39M	3.72	$25.21M	$0.02	218.00
PAMT	$714.65M	0.32	-$31.80M	-$2.17	-4.98

Does the media favor TORO or PAMT?

In the previous week, Toro had 14 more articles in the media than PAMT. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Toro and 2 mentions for PAMT. PAMT's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Toro's score of 0.24 indicating that PAMT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Toro	Neutral
PAMT	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TORO or PAMT?

1.7% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of PAMT shares are held by institutional investors. 74.1% of PAMT 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, TORO or PAMT?

Toro has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PAMT has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TORO or PAMT more profitable?

Toro has a net margin of 24.65% compared to PAMT's net margin of -7.16%. Toro's return on equity of 2.46% beat PAMT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toro	24.65%	2.46%	1.49%
PAMT	-7.16%	-8.41%	-3.17%

Summary

Toro beats PAMT on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.