Reviewing Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) & PAMT (NASDAQ:PAMT)

PAMT (NASDAQ:PAMT) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

22.1% of PAMT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.2% of PAMT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Lyft shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for PAMT and Lyft, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PAMT	1	0	0	0	1.00
Lyft	2	22	13	0	2.30

Lyft has a consensus target price of $19.57, suggesting a potential upside of 11.87%. Given Lyft’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lyft is more favorable than PAMT.

Risk & Volatility

PAMT has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PAMT	$598.06 million	0.49	-$52.61 million	($2.13)	-6.57
Lyft	$6.32 billion	1.05	$2.84 billion	$6.85	2.55

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

Profitability

This table compares PAMT and Lyft’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PAMT	-7.07%	-13.55%	-4.27%
Lyft	43.82%	-2.09%	-0.54%

Summary

Lyft beats PAMT on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PAMT

PAMT Corp. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of truckload and logistics services through its subsidiaries. Its freight consists primarily of automotive parts, expedited goods, consumer goods, such as general retail store merchandise, and manufactured goods, such as heating and air conditioning units. The company was founded in June 1986 and is headquartered in Tontitown, AR.

About Lyft

Lyft, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer marketplace for on-demand ridesharing in the United States and Canada. It operates multimodal transportation networks that offer access to various transportation options through the Lyft platform and mobile-based applications. The company's platform provides a ridesharing marketplace, which connects drivers with riders; Express Drive, a car rental program for drivers; and a network of shared bikes and scooters in various cities to address the needs of riders for short trips. It also offers centralized tools and enterprise transportation solutions, such as concierge transportation solutions for organizations; Lyft Pink subscription plans; Lyft Pass commuter programs; first-mile and last-mile services; and university safe rides programs. The company was formerly known as Zimride, Inc. and changed its name to Lyft, Inc. in April 2013. Lyft, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.