Comparing PowerFleet (NASDAQ:AIOT) & YAYYO (OTCMKTS:YAYO)

PowerFleet (NASDAQ:AIOT) and YAYYO (OTCMKTS:YAYO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares PowerFleet and YAYYO”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PowerFleet	$362.52 million	1.90	-$50.99 million	($0.31)	-16.65
YAYYO	$12.56 million	N/A	-$7.14 million	($0.06)	0.00

YAYYO has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PowerFleet. PowerFleet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YAYYO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares PowerFleet and YAYYO’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PowerFleet	-9.70%	-9.00%	-4.48%
YAYYO	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

PowerFleet has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YAYYO has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.4% of PowerFleet shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of PowerFleet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of YAYYO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for PowerFleet and YAYYO, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PowerFleet	1	1	5	0	2.57
YAYYO	0	0	0	0	0.00

PowerFleet currently has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 103.49%. Given PowerFleet’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PowerFleet is more favorable than YAYYO.

Summary

YAYYO beats PowerFleet on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PowerFleet

PowerFleet, Inc. engages in the provision of fleet management solutions for logistics, industrial, and vehicles. It offers wireless Internet of Things and machine to machine solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing enterprise assets such as industrial trucks, tractor trailers, containers, cargo, and vehicle and truck fleets. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Israel, and Other. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, NJ.

About YAYYO

EVmo, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ridesharing and vehicle rental businesses in the United States. It operates Rideshare Platform, an online bookings platform which maintains a fleet of passenger vehicles and transit vans for use in last-mile logistical space to rent drivers in the ridesharing and delivery gig companies. The company was formerly known as Rideshare Rental, Inc. and changed its name to EVmo, Inc. in February 2021.EVmo, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California.