Head to Head Review: Sinotrans (OTCMKTS:SNOTF) versus Cargojet (OTCMKTS:CGJTF)

Cargojet (OTCMKTS:CGJTF) and Sinotrans (OTCMKTS:SNOTF) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

17.8% of Sinotrans shares are owned by institutional investors. 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.

Dividends

Cargojet pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Sinotrans pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Sinotrans pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cargojet and Sinotrans”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cargojet	$710.45 million	1.22	$57.40 million	N/A	N/A
Sinotrans	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.24	2.65

Cargojet has higher revenue and earnings than Sinotrans.

Profitability

This table compares Cargojet and Sinotrans’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cargojet	7.97%	10.00%	3.61%
Sinotrans	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Cargojet and Sinotrans, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cargojet	0	1	2	0	2.67
Sinotrans	0	0	0	0	0.00

Summary

Cargojet beats Sinotrans on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cargojet

Cargojet Inc. provides time sensitive overnight air cargo services and carriers in Canada. It operates domestic air cargo network services between 16 Canadian cities; and provides dedicated aircraft to customers on an aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance basis operating between points in Canada, North and South America, and Europe. The company operates scheduled international routes for various cargo customers between the United States and Bermuda; and between Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany. In addition, it offers aircraft to customers on an ad hoc charter basis operating between points in Canada, the United States, and other international destinations; and specialty charter services for livestock shipments, military equipment movements, emergency relief supplies, and virtually large shipments across North America, South America, the Caribbean, and Europe. Further, the company is involved in the aircraft operation and maintenance, flight planning and dispatch, crew planning and training, ground handling, and commercial airline cargo management businesses. The company operates a fleet of 41 aircraft. Cargojet Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

About Sinotrans

Sinotrans Limited provides integrated logistics services primarily in the People’s Republic of China. The company operates through three segments: Agency and Related Business, Professional Logistics, and E-commerce. It offers sea freight forwarding, such as space booking, arranging transportation, container delivery and loading, storage, port concentration and dispatch, customs declaration and inspection, distribution, and delivery; air freight forwarding, including pick-up and dispatch, warehousing, packaging, booking and handling, trunk air line freight forwarding, and trucking transit services; rail freight forwarding services; shipping agency services comprising port arrival and departure, documentation, ship supplies, and other ship related services at ports; and storage and yard services, such as storage, container consolidating and devanning, cargo loading and unloading, dispatching and distribution, etc. The company also engages in the e-commerce business consisting of cross-border e-commerce logistics, logistics e-commerce platform, and logistics equipment sharing platform. In addition, it provides integrated logistics solutions, including contract, project, chemical, cold chain, and other logistics services. The company was founded in 1950 and is based in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.