Head to Head Survey: ETS (ETS) vs. Its Peers

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ETS	$2.67 million	-$2.19 million	-6.91
ETS Competitors	$11.99 billion	$591.75 million	14.00

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for ETS and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ETS	1	0	0	0	1.00
ETS Competitors	612	1970	2537	105	2.41

As a group, “Air Freight & Logistics” companies have a potential upside of 13.97%. Given ETS’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ETS has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

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	-1,607.12%	-12.56%	-11.60%

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.