Financial Analysis: ETS (ETS) versus Its Rivals

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for ETS and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ETS	1	0	0	0	1.00
ETS Competitors	599	1966	2537	105	2.41

As a group, “Air Freight & Logistics” companies have a potential upside of 14.33%. Given ETS’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ETS has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

42.7% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are held by institutional investors. 24.9% of ETS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are held 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ETS and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ETS	$2.67 million	-$2.19 million	-6.69
ETS Competitors	$12.19 billion	$608.26 million	14.53

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

Profitability

This table compares ETS and its rivals’ 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 rivals 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.