Reviewing Pamt (PAMT) & Its Competitors

Pamt (NASDAQ:PAMT) is one of 23 publicly-traded companies in the “Trucking, except local” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Pamt to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Pamt and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pamt	$714.65 million	-$31.80 million	-8.38
Pamt Competitors	$3.49 billion	$148.13 million	19.15

Pamt’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Pamt. Pamt 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.

Volatility and Risk

Pamt has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pamt’s competitors have a beta of 1.22, suggesting that their average share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Pamt and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pamt	0	1	0	0	2.00
Pamt Competitors	301	1826	1633	39	2.37

Pamt currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.80%. As a group, “Trucking, except local” companies have a potential upside of 31.36%. Given Pamt’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pamt is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Pamt and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pamt	-4.45%	-2.58%	-1.07%
Pamt Competitors	3.33%	8.16%	4.84%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

22.1% of Pamt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of shares of all “Trucking, except local” companies are held by institutional investors. 27.2% of Pamt shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of shares of all “Trucking, except local” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pamt competitors beat Pamt on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About Pamt

PAMT Corp. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of truckload and logistics services through its subsidiaries. Its freight consists primarily of automotive parts, expedited goods, consumer goods, such as general retail store merchandise, and manufactured goods, such as heating and air conditioning units. The company was founded in June 1986 and is headquartered in Tontitown, AR.