Full Truck Alliance (NYSE:YMM) versus Upexi (NASDAQ:UPXI) Critical Analysis

Full Truck Alliance (NYSE:YMM) and Upexi (NASDAQ:UPXI) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Full Truck Alliance and Upexi, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Full Truck Alliance	0	4	4	0	2.50
Upexi	1	0	1	1	2.67

Full Truck Alliance currently has a consensus price target of $10.79, indicating a potential upside of 40.01%. Upexi has a consensus price target of $8.33, indicating a potential upside of 900.04%. Given Upexi’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Upexi is more favorable than Full Truck Alliance.

Risk & Volatility

Full Truck Alliance has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upexi has a beta of -0.35, meaning that its share price is 135% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Full Truck Alliance and Upexi”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Full Truck Alliance	$1.79 billion	4.50	$630.36 million	$0.57	13.52
Upexi	$15.81 million	3.70	-$13.68 million	($0.62)	-1.34

Full Truck Alliance has higher revenue and earnings than Upexi. Upexi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Full Truck Alliance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Full Truck Alliance and Upexi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Full Truck Alliance	32.68%	10.52%	9.56%
Upexi	-874.00%	-66.70%	-19.56%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

39.0% of Full Truck Alliance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% of Upexi shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Full Truck Alliance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Upexi shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Full Truck Alliance beats Upexi on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Full Truck Alliance

Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates a digital freight platform that connects shippers with truckers to facilitate shipments across distance ranges, cargo weights, and types in the People's Republic of China. The company offers freight matching services, such as freight listing and brokerage services; and online transaction services, as well as various value-added services, such as credit solutions, insurance brokerage, software solutions, electronic toll collection, and energy services. It also provides technology development and other services. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Guiyang, China.

About Upexi

Upexi, Inc. manufactures and sells various branded products in the health, wellness, pet, beauty, and other markets. The company was formerly known as Grove, Inc. and changed its name to Upexi, Inc. in August 2022. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.