Analyzing ETS (ETS) and Its Competitors

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for ETS and its competitors, 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	618	1974	2539	105	2.41

As a group, “Air Freight & Logistics” companies have a potential upside of 15.55%. Given ETS’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ETS has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares ETS and its competitors’ 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	-1,605.68%	-24.13%	-12.59%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ETS and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ETS	$2.67 million	-$2.19 million	-4.93
ETS Competitors	$12.00 billion	$591.75 million	8.31

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

42.6% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are owned by institutional investors. 24.9% of ETS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ETS competitors 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.