Analyzing PowerFleet (NASDAQ:AIOT) & Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG)

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

73.4% of PowerFleet shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of PowerFleet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

PowerFleet has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynagas LNG Partners has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for PowerFleet and Dynagas LNG Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PowerFleet	1	1	3	0	2.40
Dynagas LNG Partners	0	1	0	0	2.00

PowerFleet presently has a consensus price target of $9.67, suggesting a potential upside of 152.39%. Given PowerFleet’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PowerFleet is more favorable than Dynagas LNG Partners.

Profitability

This table compares PowerFleet and Dynagas LNG Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PowerFleet	-4.63%	-1.33%	-0.66%
Dynagas LNG Partners	41.60%	13.59%	6.68%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares PowerFleet and Dynagas LNG Partners”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PowerFleet	$443.78 million	1.16	-$20.55 million	($0.16)	-23.94
Dynagas LNG Partners	$156.62 million	0.79	$61.60 million	$1.52	2.23

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

Summary

PowerFleet beats Dynagas LNG Partners on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Dynagas LNG Partners

Dynagas LNG Partners LP, through its subsidiaries, operates in the seaborne transportation industry in Greece and internationally. The company owns and operates liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. Its fleet consists of six LNG carriers with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 914,000 cubic meters. Dynagas GP LLC serves as the general partner of Dynagas LNG Partners LP. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Athens, Greece.