Financial Survey: Freight Technologies (NASDAQ:FRGT) & Universal Logistics (NASDAQ:ULH)

Universal Logistics (NASDAQ:ULH) and Freight Technologies (NASDAQ:FRGT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Universal Logistics has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freight Technologies has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

25.5% of Universal Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.2% of Freight Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 73.6% of Universal Logistics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Freight Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Universal Logistics and Freight Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Universal Logistics	-2.46%	6.49%	2.26%
Freight Technologies	-40.28%	-73.48%	-31.24%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Universal Logistics and Freight Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Universal Logistics	2	1	0	0	1.33
Freight Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00

Universal Logistics presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.39%. Given Universal Logistics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Universal Logistics is more favorable than Freight Technologies.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Universal Logistics and Freight Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Universal Logistics	$1.85 billion	0.22	$129.91 million	($1.52)	-10.13
Freight Technologies	$13.73 million	0.08	-$5.60 million	($17.45)	-0.11

Universal Logistics has higher revenue and earnings than Freight Technologies. Universal Logistics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freight Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Universal Logistics beats Freight Technologies on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Universal Logistics

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. provides transportation and logistics solutions in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Colombia. The company offers truckload services, which include dry van, flatbed, heavy-haul, and refrigerated operations; domestic and international freight forwarding, and customs brokerage services. It transports various commodities comprising automotive parts, machinery, building materials, paper, food, consumer goods, furniture, steel, and other metals. The company also provides value-added services for individual customer requirements, including material handling, consolidation, sequencing, sub-assembly, cross-dock, kitting, repacking, warehousing, and returnable container management; and intermodal support services comprising short-to-medium distance delivery of steamship and rail truck containers between the port or railhead, and the customer. It serves automotive, steel, and other metals, retail and consumer goods, energy, and manufacturing industries, as well as other transportation companies who aggregate loads from various shippers. The company was formerly known as Universal Truckload Services, Inc. and changed its name to Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. in April 2016. Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Warren, Michigan.

About Freight Technologies

Freight Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, operates a transportation logistics technology platform for cross-border shipping in the United States and Mexico. Its Fr8App technology platform offers an online portal and a mobile application that provide third-party logistics services to companies in the freight transportation market; a transport management solution for customers to manage their own fleet; and freight brokerage support and customer services based on the platform. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.