Comparing Pamt (PAMT) and The Competition

Pamt (NASDAQ:PAMT) is one of 23 public 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 dividends, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pamt	0	1	0	0	2.00
Pamt Competitors	299	1810	1623	39	2.37

Pamt currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.47%. As a group, “Trucking, except local” companies have a potential upside of 21.79%. Given Pamt’s higher possible upside, 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%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pamt	$714.65 million	-$31.80 million	-8.60
Pamt Competitors	$3.49 billion	$148.13 million	21.13

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.

Risk and Volatility

Pamt has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pamt’s competitors have a beta of 1.21, indicating that their average stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional 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 insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of shares of all “Trucking, except local” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Pamt competitors beat Pamt on 10 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.