Contrasting Labor Smart (LTNC) & Its Rivals

Volatility and Risk

Labor Smart has a beta of -0.47, indicating that its stock price is 147% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Labor Smart’s rivals have a beta of 0.95, indicating that their average stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Labor Smart and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Labor Smart	N/A	N/A	-0.01
Labor Smart Competitors	$3.35 billion	$227.10 million	26.89

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

Profitability

This table compares Labor Smart and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Labor Smart	N/A	N/A	N/A
Labor Smart Competitors	-0.65%	19.36%	4.25%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

57.6% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Labor Smart shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Labor Smart rivals beat Labor Smart on 7 of the 8 factors compared.

Labor Smart Company Profile

Labor Smart, Inc. engages in providing temporary blue-collar staffing services. It supplies general laborers on demand to the light industries, including manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing, skilled trade’s people and general laborers to commercial construction industries. The company was founded by Christopher Ryan Schadel on May 31, 2011 and is headquartered in Powder Springs, GA.