Critical Comparison: Pamt (PAMT) & Its Peers

Pamt (NASDAQ:PAMT) is one of 23 publicly-traded companies in the “Trucking, except local” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Pamt to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Pamt and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pamt	0	1	0	0	2.00
Pamt Competitors	299	1813	1625	39	2.37

Pamt presently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.11%. As a group, “Trucking, except local” companies have a potential upside of 27.56%. Given Pamt’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pamt is more favorable than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

22.1% of Pamt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of shares of all “Trucking, except local” companies are held by institutional investors. 27.2% of Pamt shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of shares of all “Trucking, except local” 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 Pamt and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pamt	$714.65 million	-$31.80 million	-8.75
Pamt Competitors	$3.49 billion	$148.13 million	20.14

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

Volatility & Risk

Pamt has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pamt’s peers have a beta of 1.21, suggesting that their average share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Pamt and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pamt	-4.45%	-2.58%	-1.07%
Pamt Competitors	3.33%	8.16%	4.84%

Summary

Pamt peers beat Pamt on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Pamt Company Profile

PAMT Corp. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of truckload and logistics services through its subsidiaries. Its freight consists primarily of automotive parts, expedited goods, consumer goods, such as general retail store merchandise, and manufactured goods, such as heating and air conditioning units. The company was founded in June 1986 and is headquartered in Tontitown, AR.