Pamt (NASDAQ:PAMT – Get Free Report) and Landstar System (NASDAQ:LSTR – Get Free Report) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Pamt and Landstar System’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pamt | -4.45% | -2.58% | -1.07% |
| Landstar System | 4.07% | 19.56% | 11.08% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Pamt and Landstar System, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pamt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Landstar System | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.92 |
Risk & Volatility
Pamt has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landstar System has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
22.1% of Pamt shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Landstar System shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.2% of Pamt shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Landstar System shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Pamt and Landstar System”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pamt | $714.65 million | 0.42 | -$31.80 million | ($1.46) | -9.36 |
| Landstar System | $4.82 billion | 1.19 | $195.95 million | $5.52 | 29.33 |
Landstar System has higher revenue and earnings than Pamt. Pamt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landstar System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Landstar System beats Pamt on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pamt
PAMT Corp. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of truckload and logistics services through its subsidiaries. Its freight consists primarily of automotive parts, expedited goods, consumer goods, such as general retail store merchandise, and manufactured goods, such as heating and air conditioning units. The company was founded in June 1986 and is headquartered in Tontitown, AR.
About Landstar System
Landstar System, Inc. provides integrated transportation management solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Transportation Logistics and Insurance. The Transportation Logistics segment offers a range of transportation services, including truckload and less-than-truckload transportation, rail intermodal, air cargo, ocean cargo, expedited ground and air delivery of time-critical freight, heavy-haul/specialized, U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico cross-border, intra-Mexico, intra-Canada, project cargo, and customs brokerage, as well as offers transportation services to other transportation companies, such as third party logistics and less-than-truckload services. It provides truck services through dry and specialty vans of various sizes, unsided/platform trailers, temperature-controlled vans, and containers; rail intermodal services through contracts with domestic and Canadian railroads, certain short-line railroads, and asset-based intermodal equipment; and domestic and international air and ocean services. This segment serves the automotive parts and assemblies, consumer durables, building products, metals, chemicals, foodstuffs, heavy machinery, retail, electronics, and military equipment industries. The Insurance segment provides risk and claims management services; and reinsures risks of the company's independent contractors. It markets its services through independent commission sales agents and third party capacity providers. Landstar System, Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
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