Head to Head Comparison: Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) & Jungheinrich (OTCMKTS:JGHAF)

Jungheinrich (OTCMKTS:JGHAF) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

83.1% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Lyft shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Jungheinrich and Lyft”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jungheinrich	$5.84 billion	0.27	$312.72 million	N/A	N/A
Lyft	$6.32 billion	0.95	$2.84 billion	$6.85	2.32

Lyft has higher revenue and earnings than Jungheinrich.

Profitability

This table compares Jungheinrich and Lyft’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jungheinrich	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lyft	43.82%	-2.09%	-0.54%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Jungheinrich and Lyft, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jungheinrich	0	0	0	0	0.00
Lyft	4	21	12	0	2.22

Lyft has a consensus price target of $19.43, indicating a potential upside of 22.53%. Given Lyft’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lyft is more favorable than Jungheinrich.

Risk & Volatility

Jungheinrich has a beta of -0.23, meaning that its share price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lyft beats Jungheinrich on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Jungheinrich

Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft, through its subsidiaries, provides products and solutions for the intralogistics sector with a portfolio of material handling equipment, automated systems, and matching services worldwide. It operates in two segments, Intralogistics and Financial Services. The Intralogistics segment engages in the development, production, sale, and short-term rental of new material handling equipment and warehousing equipment products, including automation; sale and short-term leasing of used trucks; and provides spare parts, as well as maintenance and repair services. The Financial Services segment engages in the sales financing and usage transfer of material handling and warehousing equipment products. The company's products include electric and hand pallet trucks, electric pallet stackers; order pickers; reach trucks; very narrow aisle trucks and EKX cold store high rack stacker; electric forklift; tow tractors, tugger train trailers, shuttles, and used forklift trucks. It also offers rental of fleet, and battery and charger; contract and event hire service; automated guided vehicles, conveyor technology, and stacker cranes; lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries; charging technology; powertrain solutions; electric drives/drivetrains; controllers; electromechanics components/control pedals/displays; electric mounting panels; and cable sets. In addition, the company provides warehouse racking and storage services; digital products and software solutions, including warehouse management system, fleet management system, device and process management solutions, and interface management; and wi-fi infrastructure, barcode scanners, and mobile workstations; as well as develops software applications. It distributes its products through its direct sales and service network, as well as through dealers. Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

About Lyft

Lyft, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer marketplace for on-demand ridesharing in the United States and Canada. It operates multimodal transportation networks that offer access to various transportation options through the Lyft platform and mobile-based applications. The company's platform provides a ridesharing marketplace, which connects drivers with riders; Express Drive, a car rental program for drivers; and a network of shared bikes and scooters in various cities to address the needs of riders for short trips. It also offers centralized tools and enterprise transportation solutions, such as concierge transportation solutions for organizations; Lyft Pink subscription plans; Lyft Pass commuter programs; first-mile and last-mile services; and university safe rides programs. The company was formerly known as Zimride, Inc. and changed its name to Lyft, Inc. in April 2013. Lyft, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.