Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI – Get Free Report) and Greenwave Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:GWAV – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
67.9% of Pitney Bowes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Greenwave Technology Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Pitney Bowes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Greenwave Technology Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Pitney Bowes and Greenwave Technology Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pitney Bowes | 10.04% | -31.37% | 8.02% |
| Greenwave Technology Solutions | -27.67% | -64.32% | -30.24% |
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pitney Bowes | $1.89 billion | 1.22 | $144.70 million | $1.22 | 13.76 |
| Greenwave Technology Solutions | $46.66 million | 0.04 | -$21.60 million | ($21.77) | -0.12 |
Pitney Bowes has higher revenue and earnings than Greenwave Technology Solutions. Greenwave Technology Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pitney Bowes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Pitney Bowes and Greenwave Technology Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pitney Bowes | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.43 |
| Greenwave Technology Solutions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Pitney Bowes presently has a consensus price target of $18.45, indicating a potential upside of 9.92%. Given Pitney Bowes’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pitney Bowes is more favorable than Greenwave Technology Solutions.
Volatility and Risk
Pitney Bowes has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenwave Technology Solutions has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pitney Bowes beats Greenwave Technology Solutions on 14 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes Inc., a shipping and mailing company, provides technology, logistics, and financial services to small and medium-sized businesses, large enterprises, retailers, and government clients in the United States and internationally. It operates through Global Ecommerce, Presort Services, and SendTech Solutions segments. The Global Ecommerce segment provides domestic parcel services, cross-border solutions, and digital delivery services. The Presort Services segment offers mail sortation services, which allow clients to qualify volumes of first-class mail, marketing mail, marketing mail flats, and bound printed matter for postal work sharing discounts. The SendTech Solutions segment provides physical and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions, and other applications for sending, tracking and receiving of letters, parcels, and flats as well as financing alternatives to finance equipment and product purchases. It markets its products, solutions, and services through direct and inside sales force, global and regional partner channels, direct mailings, and digital channels. The company was formerly known as Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Company. Pitney Bowes Inc. was incorporated in 1920 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
About Greenwave Technology Solutions
Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc., through its subsidiary, operates metal recycling facilities in Virginia, Ohio, and North Carolina. The company collects, classifies, and processes appliances, construction materials, end-of-life vehicles, boats, and industrial machinery. It is also involved in the purchasing and sale of processed and unprocessed scrap metals; and operation of automotive shredders. In addition, the company process nonferrous metals, such as aluminum, copper, stainless steel, nickel, brass, titanium, lead, alloys, and mixed metal products; and sells catalytic converters recovered from end-of-life vehicles to processors that extracts nonferrous precious metals comprising platinum, palladium, and rhodium. It serves large corporations, industrial manufacturers, retail customers, and government organizations. The company was formerly known as MassRoots, Inc and changed its name to Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc. in October 2021. Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Chesapeake, Virginia.
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