Analyzing Lakeside (LSH) and Its Peers

Lakeside (NASDAQ:LSH) is one of 45 publicly-traded companies in the “TRANS – SERVICES” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Lakeside to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

55.5% of shares of all “TRANS – SERVICES” companies are owned by institutional investors. 36.0% of Lakeside shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of shares of all “TRANS – SERVICES” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Lakeside and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lakeside	1	0	0	0	1.00
Lakeside Competitors	434	1423	1568	93	2.38

As a group, “TRANS – SERVICES” companies have a potential upside of 5.48%. Given Lakeside’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lakeside has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lakeside	$17.79 million	-$5.25 million	-1.80
Lakeside Competitors	$7.83 billion	$183.78 million	11.88

Lakeside’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Lakeside. Lakeside 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lakeside	-29.49%	-236.84%	-46.64%
Lakeside Competitors	6.47%	-228.71%	2.63%

Risk and Volatility

Lakeside has a beta of 2.9, suggesting that its stock price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeside’s peers have a beta of 1.06, suggesting that their average stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lakeside peers beat Lakeside on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Lakeside Company Profile

Lakeside Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides integrated cross-border supply chain solution in the United States, China, South Korea, and internationally. It offers a range of integrated services under cross-border ocean freight solutions and cross-border airfreight solutions, including cross-border freight consolidation and forwarding services, customs clearance services, warehousing and distribution services, and U.S. domestic ground transportation services. The company customers include logistics service companies serving e-commerce platforms, social commerce platforms, and manufacturers to sell and transport consumer and industrial goods. Lakeside Holding Limited was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois. Lakeside Holding Limited operates as a subsidiary of Jiushen Transport LLC.