AmeraMex International (OTCMKTS:AMMX) & Ryder System (NYSE:R) Financial Survey

AmeraMex International (OTCMKTS:AMMX) and Ryder System (NYSE:R) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

87.5% of Ryder System shares are held by institutional investors. 49.4% of AmeraMex International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Ryder System 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 current ratings for AmeraMex International and Ryder System, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AmeraMex International	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ryder System	0	2	7	1	2.90

Ryder System has a consensus target price of $189.89, indicating a potential upside of 2.83%. Given Ryder System’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ryder System is more favorable than AmeraMex International.

Profitability

This table compares AmeraMex International and Ryder System’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AmeraMex International	-4.63%	-25.15%	-3.85%
Ryder System	3.99%	17.83%	3.31%

Volatility & Risk

AmeraMex International has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryder System has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AmeraMex International and Ryder System”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AmeraMex International	$14.97 million	0.10	-$1.16 million	($0.08)	-1.21
Ryder System	$12.64 billion	0.60	$489.00 million	$11.76	15.70

Ryder System has higher revenue and earnings than AmeraMex International. AmeraMex International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryder System, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Ryder System beats AmeraMex International on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AmeraMex International

AmeraMex International, Inc. sells, leases, and rents new and refurbished heavy equipment primarily in the United States. Its products are used in light and infrastructure construction, shipping logistics, logging, mining, transportation, commercial farming, and forestry industries. The company also sells parts; and provides repair and maintenance services. It serves customers in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Chico, California.

About Ryder System

Ryder System, Inc. operates as a logistics and transportation company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Fleet Management Solutions (FMS), Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), and Dedicated Transportation Solutions (DTS). The FMS segment offers full-service leasing and leasing with flexible maintenance options; commercial vehicle rental services; and contract or transactional maintenance services of trucks, tractors, and trailers; access to diesel fuel; and fuel planning and tax reporting, cards, and monitoring services, and centralized billing, as well as sells used vehicles through its retail sales centers and www.ryder.com/used-trucks website, as well as digital and technology support services. The DTS segment offers equipment, maintenance, drivers, administrative, and additional services, as well as routing and scheduling, fleet sizing, safety, regulatory compliance, risk management, and technology and communication systems support services. The SCS segment comprises distribution management services, such as designing and managing customer's distribution network and facilities; coordinating warehousing and transportation for inbound and outbound material flows; handling import and export for international shipments; coordinating just-in-time replenishment of component parts to manufacturing and final assembly; and offering shipments to customer distribution centers or end customer delivery points, as well as other value added services, such as light assembly of components. This segment also offers transportation management and brokerage services, such as shipment optimization, load scheduling, and delivery confirmation services; knowledge-based professional services; and e-commerce and last mile services. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.