Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGO) and FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) Head to Head Comparison

FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) and Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGO) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

FirstCash has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freightos has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

80.3% of FirstCash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.7% of Freightos shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.8% of FirstCash shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of Freightos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares FirstCash and Freightos”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FirstCash	$3.66 billion	2.26	$330.38 million	$7.42	25.34
Freightos	$29.46 million	2.86	-$17.52 million	($0.35)	-4.69

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FirstCash	9.02%	17.99%	8.03%
Freightos	-59.46%	-37.28%	-25.50%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for FirstCash and Freightos, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FirstCash	0	2	3	1	2.83
Freightos	1	0	1	0	2.00

FirstCash currently has a consensus target price of $183.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.53%. Freightos has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 82.93%. Given Freightos’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Freightos is more favorable than FirstCash.

Summary

FirstCash beats Freightos on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FirstCash

FirstCash Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates retail pawn stores in the United States, Mexico, and rest of Latin America. The company operates in three segments: U.S. Pawn, Latin America Pawn, and Retail POS Payment Solutions segments. Its pawn stores lend money on the collateral of pledged personal property, including jewelry, electronics, tools, appliances, sporting goods, and musical instruments; and retails merchandise acquired through collateral forfeitures on forfeited pawn loans and over-the-counter purchases of merchandise directly from customers. The company also provides retail POS payment solutions, which focuses on LTO products and facilitating other retail financing payment options across the network of traditional and e-commerce merchant partners. It serves cash and credit-constrained consumers. The company was formerly known as FirstCash, Inc and changed its name to FirstCash Holdings, Inc. in December 2021. FirstCash Holdings, Inc was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

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.