PAL vs. DESP, LIND, MODV, MOND, SPCE, TOUR, YTRA, YGMZ, ASTR, and BWLP
Should you be buying Proficient Auto Logistics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Proficient Auto Logistics include Despegar.com (DESP), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), ModivCare (MODV), Mondee (MOND), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), Tuniu (TOUR), Yatra Online (YTRA), MingZhu Logistics (YGMZ), Astra Space (ASTR), and BW LPG (BWLP). These companies are all part of the "transportation services" industry.
Proficient Auto Logistics (NASDAQ:PAL) and Despegar.com (NYSE:DESP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
67.9% of Despegar.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Despegar.com received 256 more outperform votes than Proficient Auto Logistics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Proficient Auto Logistics an outperform vote while only 60.80% of users gave Despegar.com an outperform vote.
Proficient Auto Logistics currently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.13%. Despegar.com has a consensus price target of $15.88, indicating a potential upside of 24.12%. Given Despegar.com's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Despegar.com is more favorable than Proficient Auto Logistics.
Despegar.com has a net margin of 5.41% compared to Proficient Auto Logistics' net margin of 0.00%. Proficient Auto Logistics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Despegar.com's return on equity.
In the previous week, Despegar.com had 2 more articles in the media than Proficient Auto Logistics. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Despegar.com and 2 mentions for Proficient Auto Logistics. Despegar.com's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Proficient Auto Logistics' score of -0.57 indicating that Despegar.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Despegar.com has higher revenue and earnings than Proficient Auto Logistics.
Summary
Despegar.com beats Proficient Auto Logistics on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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