Reviewing ETS (ETS) and The Competition

ETS (NASDAQ:ETS) is one of 60 publicly-traded companies in the “Air Freight & Logistics” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare ETS to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for ETS and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ETS	1	0	0	0	1.00
ETS Competitors	597	1966	2537	104	2.41

As a group, “Air Freight & Logistics” companies have a potential upside of 18.85%. Given ETS’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ETS has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

42.7% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are owned by institutional investors. 24.9% of ETS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ETS and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ETS	$2.67 million	-$2.19 million	-6.62
ETS Competitors	$12.21 billion	$608.26 million	14.27

ETS’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than ETS. ETS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares ETS and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ETS	-157.04%	-30.26%	-29.59%
ETS Competitors	-461.09%	-1.84%	-8.34%

Summary

ETS peers beat ETS on 10 of the 12 factors compared.

ETS Company Profile

Elite Express Holding Inc. is a holding company which conducts its operations through its wholly owned subsidiary, JAR Transportation Inc. It provides last-mile delivery services, primarily focused on transporting packages from distribution centers to end customers. Elite Express Holding Inc. is based in LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.