Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (NYSE:ASR) and Janel World Trade (OTCMKTS:JANL) Financial Contrast

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (NYSE:ASR) and Janel World Trade (OTCMKTS:JANL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste and Janel World Trade, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste	2	3	2	0	2.00
Janel World Trade	0	0	0	0	0.00

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste presently has a consensus price target of $305.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.77%. Given Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste is more favorable than Janel World Trade.

Profitability

This table compares Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste and Janel World Trade’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste	31.96%	20.67%	13.44%
Janel World Trade	2.61%	23.78%	4.15%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

10.6% of Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of Janel World Trade shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste and Janel World Trade”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste	$31.33 billion	0.30	$743.97 million	$18.86	16.63
Janel World Trade	$207.44 million	0.20	$5.41 million	$4.17	8.15

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste has higher revenue and earnings than Janel World Trade. Janel World Trade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Janel World Trade has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste beats Janel World Trade on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. holds concessions to operate, maintain, and develop airports in the southeast region of Mexico. The company operates airports that are located in the cities of Cancún, Cozumel, Mérida, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Villahermosa, Tapachula, and Minatitlán. It provides aeronautical services, which include passenger, aircraft landing and parking, passenger walkway, and airport security services. The company also offers non-aeronautical services, such as leasing of space at its airports to retailers, restaurants, airlines, and other commercial tenants; catering, handling, and ground transportation services, as well as engages in the various commercial operations. In addition, it holds concessions to operate the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and various airports in Colombia, including the Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellín, the José María Córdova International Airport in Rionegro, the Los Garzones Airport in Montería, the Antonio Roldán Betancourt Airport in Carepa, the El Caraño Airport in Quibdó, and the Las Brujas Airport in Corozal. Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.

About Janel World Trade

Janel Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides logistics services worldwide. It operates through three segments: Logistics, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing. The Logistics segment provides cargo transportation logistics management services, including freight forwarding by air, ocean, and land-based carriers; customs brokerage services; warehousing and distribution services; and other value added logistic services, as well as customs entry filing, cargo insurance procurement, logistics planning, product repackaging, and online shipment tracking services. The Life Sciences segment manufactures and distributes monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, diagnostic reagents, and other immuno-reagents for biomedical research; provides antibody manufacturing for academic and industry research scientists; and produces products for other life science companies on an original equipment manufacturer basis. The Manufacturing segment manufactures and distributes mixing equipment and apparatus for various industries, such as chemicals, inks, paints, construction, plastics, adhesives, cosmetics, food, and pharmaceuticals. The company was formerly known as Janel World Trade Ltd. and changed its name to Janel Corporation in April 2015. Janel Corporation was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in New York, New York.