Financial Analysis: Matson (NYSE:MATX) vs. YAYYO (OTCMKTS:YAYO)

Matson (NYSE:MATX) and YAYYO (OTCMKTS:YAYO) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Matson and YAYYO”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Matson	$3.32 billion	1.92	$444.80 million	$13.61	15.49
YAYYO	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Matson has higher revenue and earnings than YAYYO.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

84.8% of Matson shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Matson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of YAYYO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Matson has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YAYYO has a beta of -0.46, indicating that its stock price is 146% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Matson and YAYYO’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Matson	12.92%	15.90%	9.38%
YAYYO	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Matson and YAYYO, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Matson	0	3	3	0	2.50
YAYYO	0	0	0	0	0.00

Matson currently has a consensus price target of $181.25, indicating a potential downside of 14.03%. Given YAYYO’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe YAYYO is more favorable than Matson.

Summary

Matson beats YAYYO on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Matson

Matson, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of ocean transportation and logistics services. It operates through two segments, Ocean Transportation and Logistics. The Ocean Transportation segment offers ocean freight transportation services to the domestic non-contiguous economies of Hawaii, Japan, Alaska, and Guam, as well as to other island economies in Micronesia. It primarily transports dry containers of mixed commodities, refrigerated commodities, food products, beverages, building materials, automobiles, and household goods; livestock; seafood; general sustenance cargo; and garments, footwear, e-commerce, and other retail merchandise. This segment also operates an expedited service from China to Long Beach, California, and various islands in the South Pacific, as well as Okinawa, Japan; and provides stevedoring, refrigerated cargo services, inland transportation, container equipment maintenance, and other terminal services to ocean carriers on the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, as well as in the Alaska locations of Anchorage, Kodiak, and Dutch Harbor. In addition, it offers vessel management and container transshipment services. The Logistics segment provides multimodal transportation brokerage services, including domestic and international rail intermodal, long-haul and regional highway trucking, specialized hauling, flat-bed and project, less-than-truckload, and expedited freight services; less-than-container load consolidation and freight forwarding services; warehousing and distribution services; supply chain management services, and non-vessel operating common carrier freight forwarding services. It serves the U.S. military, freight forwarders, retailers, consumer goods, automobile manufacturers, and other customers. The company was formerly known as Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Matson, Inc. in June 2012. Matson, Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.

About YAYYO

EVmo, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ridesharing and vehicle rental businesses in the United States. It operates Rideshare Platform, an online bookings platform which maintains a fleet of passenger vehicles and transit vans for use in last-mile logistical space to rent drivers in the ridesharing and delivery gig companies. The company was formerly known as Rideshare Rental, Inc. and changed its name to EVmo, Inc. in February 2021.EVmo, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California.