PWFL vs. FWRD, CVLG, SB, HA, CLCO, SNCY, OSG, YELLQ, TK, and WLFC
Should you be buying PowerFleet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PowerFleet include Forward Air (FWRD), Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG), Safe Bulkers (SB), Hawaiian (HA), Cool (CLCO), Sun Country Airlines (SNCY), Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Yellow (YELLQ), Teekay (TK), and Willis Lease Finance (WLFC). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
PowerFleet (NASDAQ:PWFL) and Forward Air (NASDAQ:FWRD) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, PowerFleet had 2 more articles in the media than Forward Air. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PowerFleet and 2 mentions for Forward Air. PowerFleet's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Forward Air's score of -0.22 indicating that PowerFleet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Forward Air has a net margin of 4.08% compared to PowerFleet's net margin of -3.86%. Forward Air's return on equity of 5.37% beat PowerFleet's return on equity.
Forward Air has higher revenue and earnings than PowerFleet. PowerFleet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forward Air, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PowerFleet presently has a consensus price target of $8.43, indicating a potential upside of 54.37%. Forward Air has a consensus price target of $76.43, indicating a potential upside of 435.21%. Given Forward Air's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Forward Air is more favorable than PowerFleet.
Forward Air received 285 more outperform votes than PowerFleet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.61% of users gave Forward Air an outperform vote while only 40.52% of users gave PowerFleet an outperform vote.
73.4% of PowerFleet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Forward Air shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of PowerFleet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Forward Air shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PowerFleet has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forward Air has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Forward Air beats PowerFleet on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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