Critical Survey: Jayud Global Logistics (NASDAQ:JYD) vs. Universal Logistics (NASDAQ:ULH)

Jayud Global Logistics (NASDAQ:JYD) and Universal Logistics (NASDAQ:ULH) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Jayud Global Logistics and Universal Logistics, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jayud Global Logistics	1	0	0	0	1.00
Universal Logistics	1	2	0	0	1.67

Universal Logistics has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.30%. Given Universal Logistics’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Universal Logistics is more favorable than Jayud Global Logistics.

Volatility & Risk

Jayud Global Logistics has a beta of -1.43, suggesting that its share price is 243% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Logistics has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Jayud Global Logistics and Universal Logistics”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jayud Global Logistics	$85.47 million	0.03	-$5.07 million	N/A	N/A
Universal Logistics	$1.54 billion	0.30	-$99.87 million	($2.51)	-7.00

Jayud Global Logistics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Universal Logistics.

Profitability

This table compares Jayud Global Logistics and Universal Logistics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jayud Global Logistics	N/A	N/A	N/A
Universal Logistics	-4.29%	2.65%	0.84%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

67.9% of Jayud Global Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of Universal Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.5% of Universal Logistics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Universal Logistics beats Jayud Global Logistics on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Jayud Global Logistics

Jayud Global Logistics Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of cross-border supply chain solution services worldwide. The company offers freight forwarding services, including integrated cross-border logistics, fragmented logistics services, and chartered airline freight services. It also offers supply chain management services, such as international trading and agent services; and other value-added services comprising custom brokerage and intelligent logistic IT systems. Jayud Global Logistics Limited was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People’s Republic of China.

About Universal Logistics

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. provides transportation and logistics solutions in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Colombia. The company offers truckload services, which include dry van, flatbed, heavy-haul, and refrigerated operations; domestic and international freight forwarding, and customs brokerage services. It transports various commodities comprising automotive parts, machinery, building materials, paper, food, consumer goods, furniture, steel, and other metals. The company also provides value-added services for individual customer requirements, including material handling, consolidation, sequencing, sub-assembly, cross-dock, kitting, repacking, warehousing, and returnable container management; and intermodal support services comprising short-to-medium distance delivery of steamship and rail truck containers between the port or railhead, and the customer. It serves automotive, steel, and other metals, retail and consumer goods, energy, and manufacturing industries, as well as other transportation companies who aggregate loads from various shippers. The company was formerly known as Universal Truckload Services, Inc. and changed its name to Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. in April 2016. Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Warren, Michigan.