Reviewing Shengfeng Development (NASDAQ:SFWL) and TFI International (NYSE:TFII)

Shengfeng Development (NASDAQ:SFWL – Get Rating) and TFI International (NYSE:TFII – Get Rating) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Shengfeng Development and TFI International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shengfeng Development	0	0	0	0	N/A
TFI International	0	1	9	0	2.90

TFI International has a consensus target price of $142.13, indicating a potential upside of 30.74%. Given TFI International’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TFI International is more favorable than Shengfeng Development.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Shengfeng Development and TFI International’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shengfeng Development	$370.33 million	0.81	N/A	N/A	N/A
TFI International	$8.81 billion	1.07	$823.23 million	$8.73	12.45

TFI International has higher revenue and earnings than Shengfeng Development.

Profitability

This table compares Shengfeng Development and TFI International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shengfeng Development	N/A	N/A	N/A
TFI International	9.30%	28.48%	12.23%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

60.3% of TFI International shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of TFI International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TFI International beats Shengfeng Development on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Shengfeng Development

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Shengfeng Development Limited is a contract logistics company principally in China. The Company provides integrated logistics solutions comprised of B2B freight transportation services, cloud storage services and value-added services. Shengfeng Development Limited is based in FUZHOU, China.

About TFI International

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TFI International, Inc. engages in the provision of freight transportation and logistics services. It operates through the following segments: Package and Courier, Less-Than-Truckload, Truckload, and Logistics. The Package and Courier segment consists of pickup, transport, and delivery of items across North America. The Less-Than-Truckload segment offers pickup, consolidation, transport, and delivery of smaller loads. The Truckload segment comprises of expedited transportation, flatbed, tank, container, and dedicated services. The Logistics segment refers to the asset-light logistics services including brokerage, freight forwarding and transportation management, and small package parcel delivery. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Saint-Laurent, Canada.