Contrasting CryoPort (NASDAQ:CYRX) and PowerFleet (NASDAQ:AIOT)

CryoPort (NASDAQ:CYRX) and PowerFleet (NASDAQ:AIOT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CryoPort and PowerFleet”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CryoPort	$176.18 million	4.01	$78.30 million	$1.35	10.39
PowerFleet	$362.52 million	1.28	-$50.99 million	($0.23)	-15.04

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for CryoPort and PowerFleet, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CryoPort	0	1	8	0	2.89
PowerFleet	0	2	2	0	2.50

CryoPort presently has a consensus target price of $14.69, indicating a potential upside of 4.76%. PowerFleet has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 333.53%. Given PowerFleet’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PowerFleet is more favorable than CryoPort.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

92.9% of CryoPort shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of PowerFleet shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of CryoPort shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of PowerFleet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares CryoPort and PowerFleet’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CryoPort	41.57%	-7.92%	-4.79%
PowerFleet	-7.00%	-5.23%	-2.61%

Volatility and Risk

CryoPort has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PowerFleet has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CryoPort beats PowerFleet on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CryoPort

Cryoport, Inc. provides temperature-controlled supply chain solutions in biopharma/pharma, animal health, and human reproductive medicine markets in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers Cryoport Express Shippers; Cryoport ELITE -80°C Gene Therapy Shipper; Cryoport ELITE Cryosphere Shipper; Cryoport consulting services, including physical, thermal, and shipping qualifications of shipping systems and/or packaging to developing custom packaging solutions; and Cryoport bioservices, such as controlled temperature storage, fulfilment, kit production, secondary packaging, labelling of therapeutic products, and GMP raw materials storage services. It also provides CRYOGENE, an unparalleled solution that offers pre-clinical temperature-controlled biological materials management services comprising specimen storage, processing, collection, and retrieval; CRYOPD, a temperature-controlled logistics solution, which include temperature-controlled packaging and transport solutions from cryogenic temperature to controlled ambient; and IntegriCell services that comprise apheresis/leukapheresis collection, Cryoshuttle transportation, cryo-process optimization and processing services. In addition, the company offers MVE Biological Solutions' Fusion cryogenic system, a self-sustaining cryogenic freezer; MVE Biological Solutions' Vario cryogenic system, a cryogenic freezer system that supports temperatures between -20°C and -150°C; Cryoport Cryoshuttle provides clients with dedicated local transportation support; and Tec4Med. Further, it provides biological specimen cryopreservation storage and maintenance; archiving, monitoring, tracking, receipt, and delivery of samples; frozen biological specimens transportation; and incoming and outgoing biological specimens management; and short-term logistics and engineering consulting services. Cryoport, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.

About PowerFleet

PowerFleet, Inc. engages in the provision of fleet management solutions for logistics, industrial, and vehicles. It offers wireless Internet of Things and machine to machine solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing enterprise assets such as industrial trucks, tractor trailers, containers, cargo, and vehicle and truck fleets. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Israel, and Other. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, NJ.