Critical Comparison: Pamt (PAMT) and Its Rivals

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Pamt and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pamt	0	1	0	0	2.00
Pamt Competitors	301	1825	1633	39	2.37

Pamt presently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.21%. As a group, “Trucking, except local” companies have a potential upside of 36.29%. Given Pamt’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pamt has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Pamt and its rivals’ 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%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Pamt and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pamt	$714.65 million	-$31.80 million	-8.75
Pamt Competitors	$3.49 billion	$148.13 million	18.83

Pamt’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Pamt. Pamt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, 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 rivals have a beta of 1.22, suggesting that their average share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pamt rivals beat Pamt on 12 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.