Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGO) and ETS (NASDAQ:ETS) Head to Head Review

Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGO) and ETS (NASDAQ:ETS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Freightos and ETS, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freightos	1	0	1	0	2.00
ETS	1	0	0	0	1.00

Freightos currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 145.90%. Given Freightos’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Freightos is more favorable than ETS.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

22.7% of Freightos shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of Freightos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of ETS shares 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.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Freightos	$29.46 million	2.13	-$17.52 million	($0.33)	-3.70
ETS	$2.67 million	5.20	-$2.19 million	($0.16)	-5.19

ETS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Freightos. ETS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freightos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Freightos and ETS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freightos	-56.24%	-41.63%	-27.70%
ETS	-157.04%	-30.26%	-29.59%

Summary

Freightos beats ETS on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Freightos

Freightos Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates a vendor-neutral booking and payment platform for international freight. It operates WebCargo, a platform for connecting carriers and forwarders; and Freightos.com, a platform for connecting service providers to importers/exporters. The company also offers software-as-a-service solutions, such as WebCargo Air for airline rates and ebookings; WebCargo AcceleRate, a multi-modal rate repository; data services; and WebCargo Airline Control Panel that enables airlines to control bookings and optimize pricing with real-time booking analytics. In addition, it provides digital customs brokerage services. The company is based in Jerusalem, Israel.

About ETS

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.