Reviewing PTL (NASDAQ:PTLE) & REV Group (NYSE:REVG)

PTL (NASDAQ:PTLE) and REV Group (NYSE:REVG) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for PTL and REV Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PTL	1	0	0	0	1.00
REV Group	0	2	1	1	2.75

REV Group has a consensus target price of $55.67, indicating a potential downside of 12.88%. Given REV Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe REV Group is more favorable than PTL.

Profitability

This table compares PTL and REV Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PTL	N/A	N/A	N/A
REV Group	3.86%	31.67%	10.30%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares PTL and REV Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PTL	$71.65 million	40.71	-$1.18 million	N/A	N/A
REV Group	$2.46 billion	1.27	$95.20 million	$1.91	33.46

REV Group has higher revenue and earnings than PTL.

Volatility and Risk

PTL has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, REV Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

REV Group beats PTL on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PTL

PTL Limited is an established bunkering facilitator providing marine fuel logistics services for vessel refueling, primarily container ships, bulk carriers, general cargo vessels and chemical tankers principally serving the Asia Pacific market. PTL Limited is based in Hong Kong.

About REV Group

REV Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes specialty vehicles, and related aftermarket parts and services in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Fire & Emergency, Commercial, and Recreation. The Fire & Emergency segment provides fire apparatus equipment under the Emergency One, Kovatch Mobile Equipment, Ferrara, Spartan Emergency Response, Smeal, Spartan Fire Chassis, and Ladder Tower brand names; and ambulances under the American Emergency Vehicles, Horton Emergency Vehicles, Leader Emergency Vehicles, Road Rescue, and Wheeled Coach brand names. The Commercial segment offers transit buses, type A school buses, sweepers, and terminal trucks under the Collins Bus, Eldorado National (California), Magellan, Capacity, and LayMor brand names. The Recreation segment offers motorized and towable RV models under the American Coach, Fleetwood RV, Holiday Rambler, Renegade RV, Midwest Automotive Designs, and Lance Camper brands; and produces a range of custom molded fiberglass products. The company sells its products to municipalities, government agencies, private contractors, consumers, and industrial and commercial end users through its direct sales force or dealer network. The company was formerly known as Allied Specialty Vehicles, Inc. and changed its name to REV Group, Inc. in November 2015. REV Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Brookfield, Wisconsin.