PowerFleet (NASDAQ:AIOT – Get Free Report) and Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (NASDAQ:OMAB – Get Free Report) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares PowerFleet and Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| PowerFleet | $362.52 million | 1.15 | -$50.99 million | ($0.23) | -13.48 |
| Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte | $832.66 million | 5.56 | $277.99 million | $5.87 | 18.53 |
Volatility & Risk
PowerFleet has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares PowerFleet and Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| PowerFleet | -7.00% | -5.23% | -2.61% |
| Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte | 33.46% | 54.36% | 18.90% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for PowerFleet and Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| PowerFleet | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
PowerFleet presently has a consensus price target of $10.33, indicating a potential upside of 233.33%. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte has a consensus price target of $106.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.53%. Given PowerFleet’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PowerFleet is more favorable than Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
73.4% of PowerFleet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of PowerFleet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte beats PowerFleet on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About PowerFleet
PowerFleet, Inc. engages in the provision of fleet management solutions for logistics, industrial, and vehicles. It offers wireless Internet of Things and machine to machine solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing enterprise assets such as industrial trucks, tractor trailers, containers, cargo, and vehicle and truck fleets. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Israel, and Other. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, NJ.
About Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., together with its subsidiaries, holds concessions to develop, operate, and maintain airports in Mexico. The company operates 13 international airports in Monterrey, Acapulco, Mazatlán, Zihuatanejo, Ciudad Juárez, Reynosa, Chihuahua, Culiacán, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Tampico, Torreón, and Zacatecas cities. It also operates the NH Collection Hotel in Terminal 2 of the Mexico City International Airport, and a hotel under the Hilton Garden Inn name at the Monterrey International Airport. In addition, the company provides aeronautical services, which include passenger, aircraft landing and parking, boarding and unloading, passenger walkway, and airport security services. Further, it offers complementary services that comprise leasing of space to airlines, cargo handling, baggage-screening, permanent and non-permanent ground transportation, and access rights services; non-aeronautical services, such as leasing of space at its airports to retailers, restaurants, and other commercial tenants, as well as maintaining of parking facilities and advertising; and diversification services, which consists of operation and lease of the industrial park and real estate services, as well as hotel and air cargo logistics services. Additionally, the company provides construction services. It has a strategic alliance with VYNMSA Desarrollo Inmobiliario, S.A. de C.V. to build and operate an industrial park at the Monterrey airport. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.
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