Pamt (NASDAQ:PAMT – Get Free Report) and Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.
Risk and Volatility
Pamt has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Werner Enterprises has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Pamt and Werner Enterprises, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pamt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Werner Enterprises | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
22.1% of Pamt shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.2% of Pamt shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Werner Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Pamt and Werner Enterprises”s 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) | -9.43 |
| Werner Enterprises | $3.03 billion | 0.57 | $34.23 million | $0.55 | 50.58 |
Werner Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Pamt. Pamt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Werner Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Pamt and Werner Enterprises’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pamt | -4.45% | -2.58% | -1.07% |
| Werner Enterprises | 1.13% | 2.27% | 1.08% |
Summary
Werner Enterprises beats Pamt on 11 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 Werner Enterprises
Werner Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in transporting truckload shipments of general commodities in interstate and intrastate commerce in the United States, Mexico, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Truckload Transportation Services and Werner Logistics. The Truckload Transportation Services segment operates a fleet of medium-to-long-haul vans that transports various consumer nondurable products and other commodities in truckload quantities using dry van trailers; the expedited fleet, which offers time-sensitive truckload services using driver teams; a regional short-haul fleet that provides truckload van service in the United States; and temperature-controlled fleet, which offers truckload services for temperature-sensitive products using temperature-controlled trailers. This segment provides truckload services to retail distribution centers or manufacturing facilities using dry vans or trailers to transport retail store merchandise, consumer products, food and beverage products, and manufactured products. As of December 31, 2023, it had a fleet of 8,000 trucks, which included 7,740 company-operated, as well as 260 owned and operated by independent contractors; and 30,810 trailers that comprised dry vans, flatbeds, temperature-controlled, and other trailers. The Werner Logistics segment provides non-asset-based transportation and logistics services, including truck brokerage; logistics management services and solutions; rail transportation through alliances with rail and drayage providers; and residential and commercial deliveries of large or heavy items using liftgate straight trucks. As of December 31, 2023, this segment operated 35 drayage tractors and 115 delivery trucks. It also sells used trucks and trailers; and trades used trucks to original equipment manufacturers. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.
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