ETS (ETS) versus Its Peers Critical Comparison

ETS (NASDAQ:ETS) is one of 60 public companies in the “Air Freight & Logistics” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare ETS to related companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

42.6% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are held by institutional investors. 24.9% of ETS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are held by company 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 current ratings for ETS and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ETS	1	0	0	0	1.00
ETS Competitors	619	1977	2539	105	2.41

As a group, “Air Freight & Logistics” companies have a potential upside of 16.48%. Given ETS’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ETS has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares ETS and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ETS	-157.04%	-30.26%	-29.59%
ETS Competitors	-1,605.68%	-24.13%	-12.59%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ETS and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ETS	$2.67 million	-$2.19 million	-5.42
ETS Competitors	$11.97 billion	$591.75 million	7.98

ETS’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than ETS. ETS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

ETS peers beat ETS on 10 of the 12 factors compared.

About ETS

Elite Express Holding Inc. is a holding company which conducts its operations through its wholly owned subsidiary, JAR Transportation Inc. It provides last-mile delivery services, primarily focused on transporting packages from distribution centers to end customers. Elite Express Holding Inc. is based in LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.