Contrasting Jayud Global Logistics (NASDAQ:JYD) and FedEx (NYSE:FDX)

Jayud Global Logistics (NASDAQ:JYD) and FedEx (NYSE:FDX) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

Jayud Global Logistics has a beta of -1.5, indicating that its stock price is 250% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FedEx has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Jayud Global Logistics and FedEx, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jayud Global Logistics	1	0	0	0	1.00
FedEx	2	10	17	1	2.57

FedEx has a consensus price target of $350.54, indicating a potential upside of 7.48%. Given FedEx’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FedEx is more favorable than Jayud Global Logistics.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Jayud Global Logistics and FedEx”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jayud Global Logistics	$85.47 million	0.04	-$5.07 million	N/A	N/A
FedEx	$94.72 billion	0.81	$4.43 billion	$18.51	17.62

FedEx has higher revenue and earnings than Jayud Global Logistics.

Profitability

This table compares Jayud Global Logistics and FedEx’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jayud Global Logistics	N/A	N/A	N/A
FedEx	4.68%	16.49%	5.21%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

67.9% of Jayud Global Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of FedEx shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of FedEx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

FedEx beats Jayud Global Logistics on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Jayud Global Logistics

Jayud Global Logistics Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of cross-border supply chain solution services worldwide. The company offers freight forwarding services, including integrated cross-border logistics, fragmented logistics services, and chartered airline freight services. It also offers supply chain management services, such as international trading and agent services; and other value-added services comprising custom brokerage and intelligent logistic IT systems. Jayud Global Logistics Limited was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People’s Republic of China.

About FedEx

FedEx Corporation provides transportation, e-commerce, and business services in the United States and internationally. It operates through FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, and FedEx Services segments. The FedEx Express segment offers express transportation, small-package ground delivery, and freight transportation services; and time-critical transportation services. The FedEx Ground segment provides small-package ground delivery services. The FedEx Freight segment offers less-than-truckload freight transportation services. The FedEx Services segment provides sales, marketing, information technology, communications, customer service, technical support, billing and collection, and back-office support services. In addition, the company offers supply chain management solutions; and air and ocean cargo transportation, specialty transportation, customs brokerage, and trade management tools and data. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.