Reviewing ETS (ETS) and Its Competitors

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ETS	$2.67 million	-$2.19 million	-7.25
ETS Competitors	$12.24 billion	$608.26 million	14.15

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

Profitability

This table compares ETS and its competitors’ 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	-461.33%	-1.16%	-8.27%

Institutional and Insider 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for ETS and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ETS	1	0	0	0	1.00
ETS Competitors	605	1971	2542	106	2.41

As a group, “Air Freight & Logistics” companies have a potential upside of 16.44%. Given ETS’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ETS has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

ETS competitors 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.