Analyzing Pamt (PAMT) & Its Competitors

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

Volatility & Risk

Pamt has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pamt’s competitors have a beta of 1.22, meaning 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 1823 1632 39 2.37

Pamt presently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.91%. As a group, “Trucking, except local” companies have a potential upside of 34.99%. Given Pamt’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pamt has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

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

Gross Revenue Net Income Price/Earnings Ratio
Pamt $714.65 million -$31.80 million -8.84
Pamt Competitors $3.49 billion $148.13 million 19.13

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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

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%

Summary

Pamt competitors beat Pamt on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

About Pamt

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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.

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