Analyzing Freight Technologies (NASDAQ:FRGT) & DSV (OTCMKTS:DSDVY)

Freight Technologies (NASDAQ:FRGT) and DSV (OTCMKTS:DSDVY) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

6.2% of Freight Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of DSV shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Freight Technologies shares are owned 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Freight Technologies and DSV”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Freight Technologies	$13.06 million	0.17	-$7.90 million	($17.45)	-0.23
DSV	$37.45 billion	1.52	$1.23 billion	$3.15	37.49

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Freight Technologies and DSV, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freight Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
DSV	0	1	4	0	2.80

Volatility & Risk

Freight Technologies has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DSV has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Freight Technologies and DSV’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freight Technologies	-60.49%	-95.48%	-45.86%
DSV	2.55%	9.45%	3.67%

Summary

DSV beats Freight Technologies on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Freight Technologies

Freight Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, operates a transportation logistics technology platform for cross-border shipping in the United States and Mexico. Its Fr8App technology platform offers an online portal and a mobile application that provide third-party logistics services to companies in the freight transportation market; a transport management solution for customers to manage their own fleet; and freight brokerage support and customer services based on the platform. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

About DSV

DSV A/S offers transport and logistics services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. It operates through three segments: Air & Sea, Road, and Solutions. The company provides air freight, air freight compliance and carrier, and rail freight services; sea freight, and sea freight compliance and carrier services, as well as freight containers. It also offers road freight services, such as part and full loads, groupage, specialized transport, express, and online and document handling services; and workshops. In addition, the company provides logistics solutions for automotive, technology, healthcare, energy, industrial, retail/ fashion, and chemical sectors; and inventory management solutions. Further, it offers special project transport services, such as industrial projects, renewable energy, government logistics, ship charter, and air charter services; and courier and warehousing services. The company was formerly known as DSV Panalpina A/S and changed its name to DSV A/S in September 2021. DSV A/S was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Hedehusene, Denmark.