Analyzing DSV A/S (DSDVF) and The Competition

Institutional & Insider Ownership

31.5% of DSV A/S shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of shares of all “Air Freight & Logistics” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares DSV A/S and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DSV A/S	N/A	N/A	N/A
DSV A/S Competitors	-461.09%	-1.84%	-8.34%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares DSV A/S and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
DSV A/S	N/A	N/A	24.72
DSV A/S Competitors	$12.26 billion	$608.26 million	14.26

DSV A/S’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than DSV A/S. DSV A/S is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

DSV A/S pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. DSV A/S pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Air Freight & Logistics” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.6% and pay out 49.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

DSV A/S beats its competitors on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

DSV A/S Company Profile

DSV A/S offers transport and logistics services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. It operates through three segments: Air & Sea, Road, and Solutions. The company provides air freight, air freight compliance and carrier, and rail freight services; sea freight, and sea freight compliance and carrier services, as well as freight containers. It also offers road freight services, such as part and full loads, groupage, specialized transport, express, and online and document handling services; and workshops. In addition, the company provides logistics solutions for automotive, technology, healthcare, energy, industrial, retail/ fashion, and chemical sectors; and inventory management solutions. Further, it offers special project transport services, such as industrial projects, renewable energy, government logistics, ship charter, and air charter services; and courier and warehousing services. The company was formerly known as DSV Panalpina A/S and changed its name to DSV A/S in September 2021. DSV A/S was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Hedehusene, Denmark.