Head to Head Review: Jayud Global Logistics (NASDAQ:JYD) & PowerFleet (NASDAQ:AIOT)

PowerFleet (NASDAQ:AIOT) and Jayud Global Logistics (NASDAQ:JYD) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

PowerFleet has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jayud Global Logistics has a beta of -1.48, suggesting that its share price is 248% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

73.4% of PowerFleet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of Jayud Global Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of PowerFleet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for PowerFleet and Jayud Global Logistics, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PowerFleet	1	1	3	0	2.40
Jayud Global Logistics	1	0	0	0	1.00

PowerFleet presently has a consensus target price of $9.67, indicating a potential upside of 121.21%. Given PowerFleet’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PowerFleet is more favorable than Jayud Global Logistics.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares PowerFleet and Jayud Global Logistics”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PowerFleet	$443.78 million	1.32	-$20.55 million	($0.16)	-27.31
Jayud Global Logistics	$85.47 million	0.03	-$5.07 million	N/A	N/A

Jayud Global Logistics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PowerFleet.

Profitability

This table compares PowerFleet and Jayud Global Logistics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PowerFleet	-4.63%	-1.33%	-0.66%
Jayud Global Logistics	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

PowerFleet beats Jayud Global Logistics on 8 of the 12 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 Jayud Global Logistics

Jayud Global Logistics Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of cross-border supply chain solution services worldwide. The company offers freight forwarding services, including integrated cross-border logistics, fragmented logistics services, and chartered airline freight services. It also offers supply chain management services, such as international trading and agent services; and other value-added services comprising custom brokerage and intelligent logistic IT systems. Jayud Global Logistics Limited was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People’s Republic of China.